The Responsibility of the Philosopher

Gianni Vattimo; Edited by Franca D'Agostini; Translated by William McCuaig

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Paper, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15243-3
$19.50 / £13.50

August, 2010
Cloth, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15242-6
$24.50 / £17.00

"There is no better guide to Gianni Vattimo's philosophy than Franca D'Agostini's introduction to this book. One of Vattimo's most skilled students, D'Agostini manages to present both the logic behind weak thought and the novelty of this text, which reveals the Italian master's intuitions on crucial problems of contemporary philosophy." — Santiago Zabala, author of The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After Metaphysics

"The Responsibility of the Philosopher is brilliant and entertaining without becoming overly conceptual, yet it makes no concessions to or falls into mediocrity or commonplaces. The language is consistently rigorous, yet it is incredibly clear and accessible to a philosophically unsophisticated audience." — Silvia Benso, Rochester Institute of Technology

Related Subjects

• Continental/Feminist Philosophy
• Political Philosophy

About the Author

Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press include Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx; A Farewell to Truth; Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue; Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography; Art's Claim to Truth; After the Death of God; Dialogue with Nietzsche; The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty); Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and the Law; and After Christianity.

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