02805nam 2200577Ia 450 991078986930332120230725030910.01-283-07281-597866130728180-231-52755-1(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 unspokeTruthPhilosophersItalyBiographyTruth.Philosophers195Vattimo Gianni1936-10352MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789869303321A farewell to truth3700897UNINA