Beyond the Subject
(September 2019)
Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Hermeneutics Gianni Vattimo - Author Peter Carravetta - Translated, edited, and with an introduction by
An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo’s conception of weak thought.
In Beyond the Subject Gianni Vattimo offers a reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that shows how the premises to overcome the metaphysical Subject were already embedded in their thought. Vattimo makes a case for a Nietzsche who is not concerned with the structure and glorification of the Overman, but rather wit...(Read More)
Truth and Interpretation
(August 2013)
Luigi Pareyson - Author Robert T. Valgenti - Translated and with an introduction by Silvia Benso - Revised and Edited by Gianni Vattimo - Foreword by
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 1940s, his 1971 ...(Read More)
Weak Thought
(September 2012)
Gianni Vattimo - Editor Pier Aldo Rovatti - Editor Peter Carravetta - Translated and with an introduction by
Foundational collection on one of the most influential concepts to emerge from contemporary Italian philosophy.
Heralding the beginning of the philosophical dialogue on the concept for which Gianni Vattimo would become best known (and coining its name), this groundbreaking 1983 collection includes foundational essays by Vattimo and Pier Aldo Rovatti, along with original contributions by nine other Italian philoso...(Read More)
