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Giovanna Borradori, the Glossary

Index Giovanna Borradori

Giovanna Borradori is Professor of Philosophy and Media Studies at Vassar College.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Aesthetics, Age of Enlightenment, Communitarianism, Critical theory, Deconstruction, Emanuele Severino, Fundamentalism, Gianni Vattimo, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, Liberalism, Logical positivism, Mario Perniola, Massimo Cacciari, Modernity, Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe, Pragmatism, Secularization, September 11 attacks, Terrorism, Vassar College.

  2. Italian people of Swiss descent
  3. Italian women philosophers

Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Communitarianism

Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community.

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Critical theory

A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge power structures.

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction is a loosely-defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning.

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Emanuele Severino

Emanuele Severino (26 February 1929 – 17 January 2020) was an Italian philosopher. Giovanna Borradori and Emanuele Severino are 20th-century Italian philosophers and 21st-century Italian philosophers.

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Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism is a tendency among certain groups and individuals that is characterized by the application of a strict literal interpretation to scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, along with a strong belief in the importance of distinguishing one's ingroup and outgroup, which leads to an emphasis on some conception of "purity", and a desire to return to a previous ideal from which advocates believe members have strayed.

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Gianni Vattimo

Gianteresio Vattimo (4 January 1936 – 19 September 2023) was an Italian philosopher and politician. Giovanna Borradori and Gianni Vattimo are 20th-century Italian philosophers and 21st-century Italian philosophers.

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Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida;Peeters (2013), pp. 12–13. See also 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher.

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Jürgen Habermas

Jürgen Habermas (born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. Giovanna Borradori and Jürgen Habermas are critical theorists.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

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Logical positivism

Logical positivism, later called logical empiricism, and both of which together are also known as neopositivism, is a movement whose central thesis is the verification principle (also known as the verifiability criterion of meaning).

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Mario Perniola

Mario Perniola (20 May 1941 – 9 January 2018) was an Italian philosopher, professor of aesthetics and author. Giovanna Borradori and Mario Perniola are 20th-century Italian philosophers and 21st-century Italian philosophers.

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Massimo Cacciari

Massimo Cacciari (born 5 June 1944) is an Italian philosopher and politician who served as Mayor of Venice from 1993 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2010. Giovanna Borradori and Massimo Cacciari are 20th-century Italian philosophers and 21st-century Italian philosophers.

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Modernity

Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.

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Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe

Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations After the Iraq War documents for Anglophone readers the debate that took place among a number of European intellectuals in response to the manifesto by Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida calling for Europe to come together around a common foreign and security policy to provide a counterweight to the "hegemonic unilateralism" of the United States.

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Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.

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Secularization

In sociology, secularization (secularisation) is a multilayered concept that generally denotes "a transition from a religious to a more worldly level." There are many types of secularization and most do not lead to atheism, irreligion, nor are they automatically antithetical to religion.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Terrorism

Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.

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Vassar College

Vassar College is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.

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See also

Italian people of Swiss descent

Italian women philosophers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanna_Borradori

Also known as Borradori, Borradori, Giovanna.