LEADER 02805nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910789869303321 005 20230725030910.0 010 $a1-283-07281-5 010 $a9786613072818 010 $a0-231-52755-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078575 035 $a(EBL)895198 035 $a(OCoLC)826478625 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594634 035 $a(PQKB)11607599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895198 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457786 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL307281 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078575 100 $a20100729d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA farewell to truth$b[electronic resource] /$fGianni Vattimo ; foreword by Robert T. Valgenti ; translated by William McCuaig 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15309-0 311 $a0-231-15308-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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; BIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aWith 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 unspoke 606 $aTruth 606 $aPhilosophers$zItaly$vBiography 615 0$aTruth. 615 0$aPhilosophers 676 $a195 700 $aVattimo$b Gianni$f1936-$010352 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789869303321 996 $aA farewell to truth$93700897 997 $aUNINA