Gianni Vattimo: 16 books

Gianni Vattimo, a leading philosopher of the continental school, has always resisted autobiography. But in this intimate memoir, the voice of Vattimo as thinker, political activist, and human being finds its expression on the page. With Piergiorgio Paterlini, a noted Italian writer and journalist,...

First collected in Italy in 1985, Art's Claim to Truth is considered by many philosophers to be one of Gianni Vattimo's most important works. Newly revised for English readers, the book begins with a challenge to Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, who viewed art as a metaphysical aspect of reality...

What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God"? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? In this provocative new book, Gianni Vattimo, leading Italian philosopher, politician, and framer...

With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of "truth" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to acknowledge that this is changing. Gianni Vattimo...

Though coming from different and distinct intellectual traditions, Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo are united in their criticism of the metaphysical tradition. The challenges they put forward extend beyond philosophy and entail a reconsideration of the foundations of belief in God and the religious...

Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He seems to embody several contradictions, at once defending and questioning religion and critiquing and serving the state. Yet the diversity of his life...

Having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power, communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism. In its original Marxist formulation, communism promised an ideal of development, but only through a logic of war, and while a number of reformist governments still...

The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between...

We think it is wise to accept reality, rather than fight for something that does not exist or might never be. But in Of Reality, Gianni Vattimo condemns this complacency, with its implicit support of the status quo. Instead he urges us to never stop questioning, contrasting, or overcoming reality,...

It has long been assumed that the more modern we become, the less religious we will be. Yet a recent resurrection in faith has challenged the certainty of this belief. In these original essays and interviews, leading hermeneutical philosophers and postmodern theorists John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo...

Quale etica e quale bioetica nell'era post-metafisica e dopo la dissoluzione delle grandi ideologie politiche del '900? Quale lo spazio della razionalità filosofica e quale quello della fede cristiana? In che modo comportarsi di fronte a questioni come l'aborto e l'eutanasia? A questi e ad altri...

Quali sono il significato e il destino del cristianesimo nel clima culturale e spirituale dei nostri tempi? In questo libro due pensatori aperti al dialogo si confrontano con il contraddittorio atteggiamento del nostro tempo verso la religione e, in particolare, con il ruolo del messaggio cristiano...

“ I testi che compongono questo volume sono variazioni su un unico tema, il tema di una filosofia che si esercita con il mettere alla prova prospettive, seguendo le occasioni. Il tipo stesso di filosofia che io coltivo – posso dire ‘il mio pensiero’ – è piuttosto retto da una logica della...

Della realtà è un saggio filosofico che documenta un percorso di conoscenza e che alla riflessione sul pensiero di Heidegger unisce una costante attenzione alle trasformazioni della società contemporanea. È al tempo stesso il romanzo di un imprevedibile ribaltamento di prospettiva: un cambiamento...