On Truth and Emancipation

On Truth and Emancipation

This article has two main currents. First, it argues that an affinity or similarity can be identified between the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo (the so-called “Weak Thinking”) and the “Discourse Theory” of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. The two theorizations are engaged with related problems, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andreas Hjort Bundgaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2012-09-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Subjects:
Vattimo
Laclau
Mouffe
weak thinking
discourse theory
social constructivism
hermeneutics
nihilism
historicism
emancipation
truth
ethics
new radical left
Torino-school
Essex-school
postmodernism
post-modernity
anti-essentialism
post-metaphysics
anti-metaphysics
metaphysics
anti-foundationalism
enlightenment
anti-enlightenment
radical democracy
Online Access:http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-7-n-3-2012/54-conference-paper/355-on-truth-and-emancipation

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