SUNY Press eBooks· 2014
Manifesto of New Realism
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Short summary
Philosopher Maurizio Ferraris argues that postmodernism's focus on reality as constructed and interpreted has reached a dead end, calling for a return to truth and the external world.
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Key points
- Postmodernism and hermeneutics overemphasize reality as constructed and interpreted.
- These approaches have reached a philosophical impasse.
- Ferraris calls for a return to focusing on truth and the external world.
- The proposed "new realism" has social and political relevance.
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Abstract
Retraces the history of postmodern philosophy and proposes solutions to overcome its impasses. Philosophical realism has taken a number of different forms, each applied to different topics and set against different forms of idealism and subjectivism. Maurizio Ferraris's Manifesto of New Realism takes aim at postmodernism and hermeneutics, arguing against their emphasis on reality as constructed and interpreted. While acknowledging the value of these criticisms of traditional, dogmatic realism, Ferraris insists that the insights of postmodernism have reached a dead end. Calling for the discipline to turn its focus back to truth and the external world, Ferraris's manifesto-which sparked lively debate in Italy and beyond-offers a wiser realism with social and political relevance.
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