Woodward's article 13.1
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Woodward's article 13.1
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The Verwindung of Capital: On the Philosophy and Politics of Gianni Vattimo
Abstract
Gianni Vattimo occupies the relatively rare position of being both a prominent philosopher and an engaged politician. This article outlines Vattimo’s philosophy of “weak thought” and his democratic socialist politics, and argues that there is a “gap” between them: his stated political positions seem at odds with aspects of his philosophy. This gap between the philosophical and the political is examined with reference to the topic of globalised capitalism. I then apply Vattimo’s own strategy in reading other philosophers to his thought, attempting to draw out the possible political implications of weak thought against his own stated position. I do this through the application of one of Vattimo’s central concepts, Verwindung (“twisting-free”), to globalised capitalism. I conclude with some reflections on the prospects for a politics of weak thought.
Volume
13.1 (Spring/Printemps 2009)
Pages
73-99
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“Woodward's article 13.1,” Symposium, accessed April 27, 2024, http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/symposium/items/show/56.