Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography

by Gianni Vattimo

Book Overview

Gianni Vattimo, a leading philosopher of the continental school, has always resisted autobiography. But in this intimate memoir, the voice of Vattimo as thinker, political activist, and human being finds its expression on the page. With Piergiorgio Paterlini, a noted Italian writer and journalist, Vattimo reflects on a lifetime of politics, sexual radicalism, and philosophical exuberance in postwar Italy. Turin, the city where he was born and one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231147201
• ISBN13: 9780231147200
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 7.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher