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Hermeneutic communism : from Heidegger to Marx /

Communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism, having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power. In its original Marxist formulation, communism promised an ideal of development, but only through a logic of war, and while a number of reformist governments still pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-
Other Authors: Zabala, Santiago, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Series:Insurrections.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Framed Democracy; 1: Imposing Descriptions; Truth's Violence; The Conservative Nature of Realism; The Winner's History; 2: Armed Capitalism; The Impositions of the Liberal State; Conserving Financial Recessions; Fighting the Weak; Part II: Hermeneutic Communism; 3: Interpretation as Anarchy; The Anarchic Vein of Hermeneutics; Existence Is Interpretation; Hermeneutics as Weak Thought; 4: Hermeneutic communism; Weakened Communism; The South American Alternative; Chávez: A Model for Obama?; Notes.