philosopher

postmodernity

weak ontology

weak thought

nationality

Italian

prizes and famous lectures

Hannah Arendt Prize

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politician

innovator in the field of

philosophy

member of the European Parliament

university teacher

scientific organization

European Academy of Sciences and Arts

is one who puts into dialogue that which our tradition hands down.

The task of interpretation is ultimately to order and put into dialogue (or put itself into dialogue with) that which our tradition hands down' (intro to vattimo 'the responsibility of the philosopher'.

is tasked no longer to recall human beings to eternal being, but to recall them to historicity.

paradoxically, the task of the philosopher today is a reversal fo the platonic program: the philosopher no longer recalls human beings to eternal Being, she recalls them to historicity. Even psychoanalysis, for example, has a tendency to describe the person in objective terms, whereas the philosopher is the one saying: hold on a minute, you yourself only came on the scene in 1900, when The Interpretation of Dreams was published' (Vattimo, the responsibility of the philosopher, p.85).

is the time of contamination, when everything is contaminated, nothing has value, nothing has meaning.

Gianni Vattimo defines postmodernity as 'the time of contamination, everything is contaminated, nothing has value, nothing has meaning.'.

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