| ID | 092142 |
| Title Proper | Violence, weak ontology, and late-modernity |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | White, Stephen K |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This essay responds to the characterization Ted Miller offers (in his December 2008 essay in Political Theory) of the kind of nonfoundationalism I have referred to as "weak ontology," and that Gianni Vattimo frequently calls "weak thought." Miller argues that such a position embodies, first, a philosophy of history in which strong ontologies (e.g., religion) are assessed categorically as passé, and, second, are associated essentially with violence. I show that while these characterizations may be appropriate for Vattimo's thought, they are not for weak ontology as I understand it. Finally, I suggest that the former might more usefully be categorized as "antifoundationalism" and the latter as "nonfoundationalism." |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Theory Vol. 37, No. 6; Dec 2009: p.808-816 |
| Journal Source | Political Theory Vol. 37, No. 6; Dec 2009: p.808-816 |
| Key Words | Foundationalism ; Weak Ontology ; Violence ; Philosophy of History ; Late - Modernity |