| The Adventure of Difference: Philosophy After Nietzsche and Heidegger Contributor(s): Vattimo, Gianni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745604978 ISBN-13: 9780745604978 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $69.11 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 190.904 |
| Series: Philosophy After Nietzsche and Heidegger |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this highly original book the author addresses the question of how we are to conceive of human reasoning in a situation where there are no global, privileged points of view. Drawing on the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo proposes a conception of thought based on 'difference' - a conception which accepts the fragmentation of knowledge and renounces the quest for totality. He also argues for an 'ontology of decline' - a conception of being which renounces all the strong characteristics attributed to it by traditional metaphysics and which instead, following Heidegger, links being to time, life and the rhythm of birth and death. |