Overview
- The first book to provide a fresh perspective on Vattimo and Zabala’s groundbreaking foundational text Hermeneutic Communism 2011
- Brings together a group of top scholars on a hermeneutic dialogue and comprehensive critique with Vattimo and Zabala
- One of the most innovative contributions to the current debate on Communism that triggers the essential question of how far politics is possible without truth
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contributions to Hermeneutics (CONT HERMEN, volume 6)
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hermeneutics
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Weakening
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About this book
The unique and original contribution of Vattimo and Zabala’s position consists in letting politics evolve from one of the anarchic origins of hermeneutics: the end of truth. This triggers the essential question of how far politics is possible without truth. One of the essential, methodologically innovative characteristics of this collection is its dialogic
al, hermeneutical form, which is achieved by inserting Vattimo and Zabala’s personal reactions to each essay in the book. By responding to each chapter in turn, Vattimo and Zabala establish a hermeneutic dialogue with the contributors. Thus hermeneutics will not only be a central topic, but also an epistemological, concrete application of Vattimo and Zabala’s theories.
An indispensable critical tool for students, researchers, professors, activists and general readers interested in the philosophical and political debate on Communism, which encompasses a wide variety of disciplines such as philosophy, political science, sociology, postcolonial studies, critical theory and Latin American studies. Offering an innovative first analysis of the new concepts of Hermeneutic Communism, this book represents a vital contribution to the understanding of the intriguing interrelation between philosophical hermeneutics and political communism.
“A very much needed and refreshing perspective for all those interested in rethinking radical politics beyond both political Eurocentrism and philosophical imperialism." (Chiara Bottici, New School of Social Research, and author of Imaginal Politics)
“The book offers much food for thought both for those who have given up hope and for those who have been fighting for a better world for some time…The contributions to Making Communism Hermeneutical may be seen as step in the direction of a much-needed change in thinking.” (David Block, ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics, Universitat de Lleida)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Silvia Mazzini is an Assistant Professor at the Humboldt University Berlin. She is the author of Für eine mannigfaltige mögliche Welt. Kunst und Politik bei Ernst Bloch und Gianni Vattimo (For a Many-fold Possible World. Arts and Politics in Ernst Bloch and Gianni Vattimo), 2010 and of numerous articles on aesthetics, political philosophy, cultural studies and theatre sciences.
Owen Glyn-Williams is currently completing a dissertation in the department of philosophy at DePaul University. His research concentrates on the historical and conceptual development of civil society in modernity, and examines the relationship between imperatives of civility and political antagonism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Communism Hermeneutical
Book Subtitle: Reading Vattimo and Zabala
Editors: Silvia Mazzini, Owen Glyn-Williams
Series Title: Contributions to Hermeneutics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59021-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59019-6Published: 15 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86533-1Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59021-9Published: 04 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2509-6087
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6095
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 261
Topics: Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Regional and Cultural Studies