Beyond the Subject - Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Hermeneutics

An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo's conception of weak thought.

About the author

Gianni Vattimo is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin, Italy. He is the author of several books, including The End of Modernity: Nihilism and Hermeneutics in Postmodern Culture and Nietzsche: An Introduction. Peter Carravetta is Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of several books, including After Identity: Migration, Critique, Italian American Culture, and the translator of Vattimo and Pier Aldo Rovatti's coedited book Weak Thought, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Gianni Vattimo, Gianni/ Carravetta Vattimo
• Assisted by: Peter Carravetta (Editor), Peter Carravetta (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781438473819
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7381-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary It; SUNY Series in Contemporary It; Suny Contemporary Italian Phil; Suny Contemporary Italian Phil
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Metaphysik und Ontologie, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism