BeliefStanford University Press, 1999 - 98 pagine In this highly personal book, one of Europe s foremost contemporary philosophers confronts the theme of faith and religion. He argues that there is a substantial link between the history of Christian revelation and the history of nihilism, in particular as the latter appears in the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo s philosophical specialty. Tracing the relation between his response to these two thinkers and his own life as a devout Catholic, Vattimo shows how his interpretation of Heidegger s work and his conceptions of "weak thought and "weak ontology can be seen as closely linked to a rediscovery of Christianity. Vattimo speaks here in the first person--a risk that results in a disarmingly open exploration of the themes of charity, truth, dogmatism, morality, and sin, viewed through the lens of his own life and his own return to Christianity. While deeply critical of institutionalized religion and the Church, Vattimo discovers in the Christian tradition a voice (not a distinct message) whose interpretation is still being played out around us. Shaped by his readings of Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo s decision to affirm his formation within the Christian tradition provides an original and engaging contribution to the contemporary debate on religion. At the center of this book is the enigma of belief. Freed by modernity from its Platonic subordination to knowledge, belief is recovered as a crucial and inevitable feature of our cultural and personal lives. "Do you believe? Vattimo is asked. "I believe so, he replies. |
Sommario
Introduction by Luca DIsanto | 1 |
Return and philosophy | 28 |
Beyond the violence of metaphysics | 43 |
Demythification of morality | 56 |
The moral question | 71 |
Reason and the leap | 85 |
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announcement apocalyptic appears argument authentic believe Catholic Christ Christian doctrine Christian inheritance Christian message Christian revelation Christian tradition Church claim conceived conception contemporary culture David Webb demythification discourse dissolution divine end of metaphysics epoch essence ethics event existence existentialist faith Gianni Vattimo Girard God's gospel Heidegger Heidegger's hermeneutic history of interpretation history of salvation human ical idea incarnation insofar Jesus kenosis kenotic leap logic longer Luigi Pareyson meaning Milan modern morality myths natural religion Nietzsche Nietzsche's nihilism nihilistic object objectivistic metaphysics Old Testament once ontology of weakening paradoxical perhaps person perspective philosophy political Pope possible precisely principle principle of charity question rationalization reality realized reason recognition rediscovered relation return of religion Rudolf Bultmann scandal Scripture secularization seems sense sexual society speak teaching techno-science theology thinking tragic Christianity trans transcendence Transparent Society truth ultimately unmasking Vattimo violence weak ontology weak thought Wilhelm Dilthey words
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