Nuovo Realismo

The experience that we got from history of the populisms of the media, of post 9/11 wars, and of the recent economic crisis has led to a harsh denial of two central dogmas of postmodernism: the tenet that reality is socially constructed and infinitely manageable, and the tenet that truth and objecti...

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Main Author: Maurizio Ferraris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2011-12-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1538
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spelling doaj-29ad51e458684917ae1ff035af2cdfa92020-11-24T22:03:04ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642011-12-0148699310.4000/estetica.1538Nuovo RealismoMaurizio FerrarisThe experience that we got from history of the populisms of the media, of post 9/11 wars, and of the recent economic crisis has led to a harsh denial of two central dogmas of postmodernism: the tenet that reality is socially constructed and infinitely manageable, and the tenet that truth and objectivity are useless notions. Facts, which can’t stand being reduced to interpretations, strike back for their rights. And that confirms the idea that realism has implications not only for a theory of knowledge, but also for ethics and politics.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1538
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