Between Nihilism and Politics

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo's unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Face of things: A Different Side of Ethics; translator and coeditor (with Brian Schroeder) of Contemporary Italian Philosophy: Crossing the Borders of Ethics, Politics, and Religion; and cotranslator (with Brain Schroeder) of Carlo Sini's Ethics of Writing, all published by SUNY Press. Brian Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor (with Lissa McCullough) of Thinking through the Death of God: A Critical Companion to Thomas J.J. Altizer, also published by SUNY Press.