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The end of metaphysics, the uses and abuses of philosophy, and understanding just a Little better
on Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala's hermeneutic communism
pp. 3-14
Abstract
This chapter engages Vattimo and Zabala's Hermeneutic Communism from the standpoint of how it relates to a venerable tradition of "manifestos'. A typology of manifestos is offered and then the question is raised, to what extent we can fit Hermeneutic Communism within this tradition. The chapter also engages a questionable assumption of Hermeneutic Communism, namely the metaphysics of the end, which is announced as the end of metaphysics. This last point is elaborated vis-a-vis a reading of Rorty, which challenged the usefulness of philosophical manifestos for practical politics.
Publication details
Published in:
Mazzini Silvia, Glyn-Williams Owen (2017) Making communism hermeneutical: reading Vattimo and Zabala. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 3-14
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59021-9_1
Full citation:
Mendieta Eduardo (2017) „The end of metaphysics, the uses and abuses of philosophy, and understanding just a Little better: on Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala's hermeneutic communism“, In: S. Mazzini & O. Glyn-Williams (eds.), Making communism hermeneutical, Dordrecht, Springer, 3–14.