02839nam 2200589Ia 450 991045968860332120200520144314.01-283-07281-597866130728180-231-52755-1(CKB)2670000000078575(EBL)895198(OCoLC)826478625(SSID)ssj0000484314(PQKBManifestationID)11328448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484314(PQKBWorkID)10594634(PQKB)11607599(MiAaPQ)EBC895198(Au-PeEL)EBL895198(CaPaEBR)ebr10457786(CaONFJC)MIL307281(EXLCZ)99267000000007857520100729d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA farewell to truth[electronic resource] /Gianni Vattimo ; foreword by Robert T. Valgenti ; translated by William McCuaigNew York Columbia University Pressc20111 online resource (187 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-15309-0 0-231-15308-2 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; FOREWORD -Robert T. Valgenti; INTRODUCTION; 1. BEYOND THE MYTH OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH; politics without truth; the political task of thought; from phenomenology to an ontology of actuality; the tarski principle; philosophy and politics; 2. THE FUTURE OF RELIGION; only a relativistic god can save us; nihilism, sexuality, postmodern christianity; for a nonreligious christianity; faith in europe; 3. THE END OF PHILOSOPHY; thoughts on ethics; philosophy and emancipation; dialectic, dialogue, and domination; conversion and catastrophe; why hegel now?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHYWith 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, such as a growing reluctance to ground politics in science, economics, and technology. Yet in Vattimo's conception, a farewell to truth can benefit democracy, exposing the unspokeTruthPhilosophersItalyBiographyElectronic books.Truth.Philosophers195Vattimo Gianni1936-10352MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459688603321A farewell to truth2279007UNINA