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  • An Ethics for Today

    Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion

    by Richard Rorty, G. Elijah Dann ...
    One of the most widely discussed philosophers of the 21st century finds common ground between spiritual and secular ethics in this provocative book.As controversial and he was influential, Richard Rorty developed a brand of philosophical pragmatism that rejects all theories of truth. His groundbreaking work also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After Christianity

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by Luca D'Isanto ...
    Series series Italian Academy Lectures
    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 of the European constitution, addresses these critical questions.When Vattimo was asked by a former ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • A Farewell to Truth

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by William McCuaig ...
    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 explicitly engages with the important consequences for democracy of our changing conception of politics and truth, ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Being and Its Surroundings

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by Corrado Federici ...
    Gianni Vattimo, one of Europe's foremost contemporary philosophers and most famously associated with the concept of weak thought, explores theoretical and practical issues flowing from his fundamental rejection of the traditional Western understanding of Being as an absolute, unchanging, and transcendent reality. The essays in this book move within the surroundings of Being without constructing a ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Of Reality

    The Purposes of Philosophy

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by Robert T. Valgenti ...
    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, which is not natural, inevitable, or objective. Reality is a construct, reflecting, among other ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith

    A Dialogue

    by Gianni Vattimo, René Girard ...
    Translated by William McCuaig ...
    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 relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives.Christianity, Truth, and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Art’s Claim to Truth

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by Luca D'Isanto ...
    Series series Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
    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 rather than a futuristic anticipation of it. Following Martin Heidegger's interpretation of the ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Future of Religion

    by Gianni Vattimo, Richard Rorty ...
    Translated by William McCuaig ...
    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 life. They urge that the rejection of metaphysical truth does not necessitate the death of religion ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Truth and Interpretation

    by Luigi Pareyson, Silvia Benso ...
    Translated by Robert T. Valgenti ...
    Series series SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy
    A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991) was one of the most important Italian philosophers to emerge after World War II and stands shoulder to shoulder with fellow hermeneutic thinkers Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The product of a well-developed theory of interpretation that stretches back to the late ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Hermeneutic Communism

    From Heidegger to Marx

    by Gianni Vattimo, Santiago Zabala ...
    Series series Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
    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 promote this ideology, their legitimacy has steadily declined since the fall of the Berlin wall ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Not Being God

    A Collaborative Autobiography

    by Gianni Vattimo ...
    Translated by William McCuaig ...
    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, Vattimo reflects on a lifetime of politics, sexual radicalism, and philosophical exuberance in ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • After the Death of God

    by Gianni Vattimo, John D. Caputo ...
    Series series Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
    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 engage with each other's past and present work on the subject and reflect on our transition from ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD