by Gianni Vattimo (Author), Peter Carravetta (Other), Peter Carravetta (Introduction by)
An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo's conception of weak thought.
Author Biography
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.