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Gianni Vattimo
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Italian philosopher and politician (1936–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 Jan 1936
- Works
- 82
Top works
- El reverso de la diferencia
- Italia America, America Italy
- Atlante del Novecento
- Arte e verità nel pensiero di Martin Heidegger
- A proposito dell'amore
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Gianteresio Vattimo , ( 1936-01-04 ) 4 January 1936, Turin , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) (aged 87), Turin, Italy
- Education
- University of Turin ( laurea , 1959)
- Academic advisor
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , Phenomenology , Hermeneutics
- Institutions
- University of Turin
- Notable students
- Maurizio Ferraris
- Main interests
- Ethics , Political philosophy
- Notable ideas
- Weak thought , hermeneutic communism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Turin
- Place of death
- Turin
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Educated at
- University of Turin
- Employer
- University of Turin
- Political party
- Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Italian
- Student of
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Gianni Vattimo - Participante del Foro Internacional por la Emancipación y la Igualdad (16106465993).jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
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- Commons category
- Gianni Vattimo
- date of birth
- 1936-01-04
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- influenced by
- Luigi Pareyson
- official blog URL
- giannivattimo.blogspot.com
- archives at
- Pompeu Fabra University
- P10632
- Gianni Vattimo
- medical condition
- depression
- student
- Alessandro Baricco
- date of death
- 2023-09-19
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- writing language
- Italian
- name in native language
- Gianni Vattimo
- birth name
- Gianteresio Vattimo
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Gianni Vattimo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Gianteresio Vattimo ( Italian: [ˈvattimo]; 4 January 1936 – 19 September 2023) was an Italian philosopher and politician.
Life and career
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