Description: Gianni Vattimo (1936-2023) was among the most significant Italian philosophers of the last fifty years. In this book, Thomas Jared Farmer provides a groundbreaking examination of Vattimo's life and work.
Review Quotes: After Gianni Vattimo's sparkling "collaborative autobiography," Not Being God, his thought comes alive a second time thanks to Thomas Jared Farmer's carefully researched and lucidly written study. The role of Catholicism in Vattimo's intellectual biography and the place of religion in his philosophy receive particular attention. To my mind, however, the crucial point is this: "weak thought" (pensiero debole), which Vattimo pioneered, should not be forgotten because today its theoretical practice is more necessary than ever before.--Michael Marder, coeditor (with Gianni Vattimo) of Deconstructing Zionism and author of Metamophoses Reimagined