The Fundamental Tendency of Our Time : On the Technological Destiny of the West
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Works of Emanuele Severino
ISBN-10
1350468363
ISBN-13
9781350468368
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 8th, 2026
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.30 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophySocial and political philosophy
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The first English translation of Emanuele Severino’s crucial reflection on modern technology and science, fundamental for understanding his critique of Western nihilism.
The Fundamental Tendency of Our Times (Tendenza)is the Italian philosopher Emanuele Severino''s crucial reflection on modern technology and science, in which he articulates his major contribution to the analysis of Western modernity: the claim that, beginning with Greek civilization, a nihilistic spirit of domination informs our conceptual and social systems.
In this book Severino applies his framework to the geopolitical situation before the fall of the Berlin Wall; yet his insights have continuing relevance in light of the current threat of ecological collapse accelerated by an orientation to the world as an object of exploitation.
Significant for its parallels with, and differences from, Heidegger''s discussion of technology, this book''sexplicit discussion of politics gives essential clarification to Severino''s notoriously complex philosophical discourse. With a foreword contextualizing the historical moment of its publication, this first English translation will be invaluable for those interested in understanding the thought of one of the most remarkable Italian theorists of the 20th century.
Published with the kind support of SEPS (Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche).
In this book Severino applies his framework to the geopolitical situation before the fall of the Berlin Wall; yet his insights have continuing relevance in light of the current threat of ecological collapse accelerated by an orientation to the world as an object of exploitation.
Significant for its parallels with, and differences from, Heidegger''s discussion of technology, this book''sexplicit discussion of politics gives essential clarification to Severino''s notoriously complex philosophical discourse. With a foreword contextualizing the historical moment of its publication, this first English translation will be invaluable for those interested in understanding the thought of one of the most remarkable Italian theorists of the 20th century.
Published with the kind support of SEPS (Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche).
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