Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx

by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala

Book Overview

Having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power, communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism. 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 promote this ideology, their legitimacy has steadily declined since the fall of the Berlin wall.

Separating communism from its metaphysical foundations,...

• 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"