Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx

by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala

Book Overview

Separating communism from its metaphysical foundations, which include an abiding faith in the immutable laws of history and an almost holy conception of the proletariat, Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala recast Marx's theories at a time when capitalism's metaphysical moorings-in technology, empire, and industrialization-are buckling. While Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri call for a return of the revolutionary left, Vattimo and Zabala fear this would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231158033
• ISBN13: 9780231158039
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 6.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher