Curriculum Vitae

SANTIAGO ZABALA
ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Santiago Zabala
ICREA Research Professor
University of Barcelona
Faculty of Philosophy
Department of History of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy
Montalegre, 6, 4 floor, Office 4022
Centre Ciutat, 08001 Barcelona,
Catalonia (Spain)
Home Page: www.santiagozabala.com
Email: zabala@ub.edu
Date of Birth, 27th June 1975. Passport (Italian): YA0042314

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Hermeneutics, Continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion.
Heidegger, Gadamer, Derrida, Rorty, Tugendhat, Vattimo.

AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Analytic Philosophy, Pragmatism, Ethics, Phenomenology, Political Philosophy,
Dewey, Marx, Lvinas, Davidson, Ricoeur, Wittgenstein.

EDUCATION
Pontifical Lateran University of Rome, Ph.D., Philosophy (summa cum laude )
Dissertation: The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology after Metaphysics
Dissertation Committee: Antonio Livi (Chair), Philip Larrey, Leonardo Messinese.

2006

University of Turin, M.A., Philosophy,

2002
Dissertation: The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy. A study of Ernst Tugendhat
Dissertation Committee: Gianni Vattimo (Chair), Giuseppe Riconda, Ugo Ugazio.
International Schools of Vienna - Geneva, International Baccalaureate,
Languages, English, German, Italian, Spanish, and French

1995

AWARDS AND HONORS

Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Philosophy at the University of Potsdam,
2008-9
PUBLICATIONS
A. Authored Books
- The Anarchy of Hermeneutics, Forthcoming in 2015.
- Only Art Can Save us: The Emergency of Aesthetics, Forthcoming in 2014.
- The Remains of Being. Hermeneutic Ontology after Metaphysics, Columbia University Press
2009.
- Spanish translation by M. Salazar: Los remanentes del ser. Barcelona: Bellaterra Press, 2010.
- Italian translation: I residui dellessere. In translation, Rome: Meltemi Publishers 2014.
- Chinese translation by Liu Liangjian. East China Normal University Press, 2013.
- The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy. A Study of Ernst Tugendhat, Translated by M.
Haskell and S. Zabala. This book contains a foreword by G. Vattimo and a dialogue with E.
Tugendhat. Columbia University Press, New York, 2008, 200 pp.
- Italian edition: Filosofare con Ernst Tugendhat. Franco Angeli Editore, Milan, 2004, 154 pp.
B. Co-Authored Books
- Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx, by G. Vattimo and S. Zabala. Columbia
University Press 2011.
- Spanish translation: Comunismo hermenutico. Translated by M. Salazar: Barcelona: Herder,
2012.
- Italian translation: Communismo Ermeneutico In translation, Milan: Garzanti, 2013.
- Turkish translation: Hermeneutik Komnizm: Heidegger'den Marx'a, translated by Erhan
Kulu, stanbul: Monokl Publishing, 2012.
- La Faena de existir, by J. Grondin, A. Ortiz-Oses, and S. Zabala. Edited by J. Martnez
Contreras. Bilbao: Deusto, 2011.
- El sentido de la existencia: Postmodernidad y nihilismo, by G. Vattimo, A. Ortiz-Oss, and S.
Zabala, edited by Luis Garagalza. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2007.

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- Nichilismo e Religione, [book with DVD] by G. Vattimo, F. Orlando, and S. Zabala. Edited by
Valter Casini. Rome, Valter Casini, 2005.
C. Edited Volumes
- Arts Claim to Truth, by G. Vattimo; edited by S. Zabala. Translated by L. DIsanto. Columbia
University Press, New York 2008, 300 pp.
- Weakening Philosophy. Essays in Honour of Gianni Vattimo, edited by S. Zabala with
contributions from Richard Rorty, Umberto Eco, Charles Taylor, Jean-Luc Nancy, Fernando
Savater, Nancy Frankenberry, Rdiger Bubner, Jack Miles, Wolfgang Welsch, Jean Grondin,
James Risser, Manfred Frank, Reiner Schrmann, Hugh J. Silverman, Jeffrey Perl, S. Zabala,
Gianni Vattimo, and others. McGill-Queens University Press 2007.
- Spanish translation by J. M. Contreras, Debilitando la filosofa, for Anthropos Publishers,
2009.
- Italian translation by Lucio Saviani, La Filosofia debole, Milan: Garzanti, 2012.
- The Future of Religion, by Richard Rorty and G. Vattimo; edited by S. Zabala, Columbia
University Press, New York 2005.
Translated in
German (Suhrkamp),
French (Bayard),
Spanish (Paidos),
Italian (Garzanti),
Czechoslovakian (Charles University in Prague),
Dutch (Klement Uitgeverij),
Portuguese (Angelus Novus),
Brazilian (Relume Dumar),
Bulgarian (Critique & Humanism),
Turkish (Ayrinti Yayinlari),
Danish (Aarhus University Press), and
Indonesian (Penerbit-Percetakan Kanisius)
Romanian (Paralela 45 Publishers)
Polish (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego)
Serbian (Albatros Plus)
- Nihilism and emancipation. Ethics, Politics, and Law, by G. Vattimo. Edited by S. Zabala.
Forward by R. Rorty and translated by W. McCuaig, Columbia University Press 2004.
Translated in
Bulgarian (Critique & Humanism),
Danish (Aarhus University Press),

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Albanian (IPLS & DITA 2000),

Spanish (Paidos)
Italian (Garzanti)
Serbian (IP Adresa di Novi Sad)
Turkish (Paradigm Publishers)

D. Co-Edited Books
- Being Shaken: Ontology and the Event, Edited by M. Marder and S. Zabala with contributions
from B. Babich, C. Baracchi, W. Brogan, E. Casey, C. Dotolo, W. Egginton, J. Grondin, J.
Malpas, M. Marder, J. Risser, C. Romano, R. Polt, J. Risser, G. Vattimo, and others. Palgrave
2013.
- Consequences of Hermeneutics: Fifty Years after Truth and Method, Edited by Jeff Malpas and
S. Zabala with contributions from B. Babich, N. Davey, R. Dostal, J. Grondin, M. Marder, W.
McNeill, C. Prado, J. Risser, L. K. Schmidt, G. Warnke, P. Vandevelde, G. Vattimo, and others.
Northwestern University Press, 2010.

D. Book Chapters
- Being at Large: The only Emergency is the Lack of Events, in C. Mendes, Rio de Janerio,
Academy of Latinity Press, 2012, pp. 211-223; also in Being Shaken: Ontology and the Event,
Edited by M. Marder and S. Zabala. Palgrave, 2013.
- The Hermeneutic Stance: Being at the Margins of Political Zionism, in Deconstructing
Zionism, edited by M. Marder and G. Vattimo, Bloomsbury, 2013.
- Truth Absence: The Hermeneutic Resistance to Phenomenology, in Phenomenological
Variations on Truths: The Hermeneutic Challenge. Edited by Kevin Hermberg and Pol
Vandevelde. New York & London: Continuum, 2011, pp. 201-208.
- Financing Our Economics of Fear. In Elements for an Economics of Fear, edited by M.
Cedrini and M. Novarese, Icfai University Press, Andhra Pradesh, India 2011.
- Being is Conversation. Remains, Weak Thought, and Hermeneutics, in Consequences of
Hermeneutics, Edited by Jeff Malpas and S. Zabala. Northwestern University Press in 2010, pp.
161-176.
Reprinted in Aurora: Papeles del Seminario Mara Zambrano. N. 12, 2011: pp. 93-104

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- Ser Fraco: A Constituicao Autonoma do bermensch, in O Futuro da Autonomia: Uma

Sociedade de Indivduos?, Edited by I. Neutzling, M. C. Bingemer, E. Yunes (Rio: Editora
Unisinos, 2010), pp. 121-130.
- Weakening Ontology through Actuality: Foucault and Vattimo, in Foucault's Legacy, Edited
by Carlos Prado. London: Continuum, 2009, pp. 109-123.
- Through the Lateran. Livi: A Perfect Candidate to Deconstruct. In Per Una Filosofia del
Senso Comune. Studi in Onore di A. Livi, edited by Philip Larrey, Milan: Italianova, 2009. pp.
77-83.
- Introduction: The Hermeneutic Consequence of Arts Ontological Bearing, in Arts Claim to
Truth, by Gianni Vattimo; edited by S. Zabala. Translated by Luca DIsanto. Columbia
University Press, New York 2008, pp. xi-xxii.
- Introduction. Gianni Vattimo and Weak Philosophy, In Weakening Philosophy. Essays in
Honour of Gianni Vattimo, edited by S. Zabala. McGill-Queens University Press in 2007, p. 334.
- Pharmakons of Onto-theology, In Weakening Philosophy. Essays in Honour of Gianni
Vattimo, edited by S. Zabala. McGill-Queens University Press in 2007, p. 231-249.
- Bibliography, In Weakening Philosophy. Essays in Honour of Gianni Vattimo, edited by S.
Zabala. McGill-Queens University Press in 2007, p. 421-443.
- Introduction. A Religion Without Theist or Atheist, In The Future of Religion, by Richard
Rorty and Gianni Vattimo; edited by S. Zabala , Columbia University Press, New York 2005
- Editors Preface In Nihilism and emancipation. Ethics, Politics, and Law, by Gianni
Vattimo. Edited by S. Zabala. Forward by Richard Rorty and translated by William McCuaig,
Columbia University Press 2004.

E. Journal Articles
- Europes Right Step in the Wrong Direction: Zizek, Heidegger, and Hermeneutic
Communism, in Political Theology 14.2 (April 2013): 5-14.
- Hermeneutiki komunizam, trad. di Saa Hrnjez, in: Stvar / Thing - Journal for Theoretical
Practices, no. 3/2012, pp. 196 - 205, ISSN: 1821 4193.

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- Comunismo hermenutico: de Heidegger a Marx (with G. Vattimo) In Guaraguao: Revista de

Cultura Latinoamericana, n. 40, Ao 16, Otoo 2012, pp. 9-16.
- Being in the University: The Legitimations of Analytic Philosophy or a Philosophical
Education? in Purlieu: A Philosophical Journal, Volume 1. Issue 3. (Fall 2011 - Special
Edition), pp. 6 19. Also available on http://purlieujournal.com/3/3_zabala.html
Translated in Chinese: in
"" (Thought and Culture"), Vol. 12, edited by Yang Guorong, Shanghai:
East China Normal University Press, 2012.
- What is the Purpose of Faith? Introducing Gianni Vattimo and Antonio Livi. In Aquinas, 50,
n.1, September 2007, pp. 257-262.
- Deconstruction, Semantics, and Interpretation. In Aquinas, 05/XLVIII/3, pp. 669-690.
Translated in Spanish under the title: Interpretacin: mediacin y remedio, by Javier
Martnez Contreras, in Diccionario de la Existencia. Asuntos revelantes de la vida humana,
Edited by Andres Ortiz-Oss and Paxti Lanceros. Anthropos, Barcelona, 2006. pp. 320-332.
Translated in Italian under the title: Farmaci dellonto-teologia. Decostruzione,
semantica, interpretazione, by Alessio Vaccari, in Iride, August 2006, pp. 271-290.
- Christianity and the Death of God: A Response to Cardinal Lustiger. In Common
Knowledge, Volume 11, Issue 1, Fall 2005, Duke University Press, pp. 33-40.
- Ending the Rationality of Faith through Interpretation. Why Blessed are those who believe
without seeing? In Sensus Communis, vol. 5 (2004), N. 4 (September December), Issue 14,
pp. 422-447.
Translated into Spanish by Teresa Onate in tica de las verdades Hoy. Edited by Teresa
Onate and Simn Royo Hernndez. Madrid : UNED ediciones, 2006. pp. 271-292.
- Che cosa significa pensare dopo la svolta linguistica? La filosofia di Ernst Tugendhat. In
Eidos Genova, il Nuovo Melangolo Editore, N. 1/2003 pp. 39-53.
Translated into Spanish by Gorka Fernndez Villrn in Endoxa, n. 20, 2005, pp. 619637. UNED, Madrid.
- Le speranze di Richard Rorty. Il significato della filosofia per la politica. In Filosofia
Politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, N. 2, 2004, pp. 259-276.
- Le conseguenze della differenza ontologica. Dialogo con Gianni Vattimo. In Teoria. Rivista di
Filosofia Pisa, Edizioni ETS, N. 2, 2004, pp. 169-177.

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- El significado de la filosofa para la poltica. Las esperanzas de Richard Rorty. In Claves de

Razn Prctica, N. 144, 2004, pp. 60-66.
- La Religin de Vattimo. El cristianismo despus de la muerte de Dios. In Claves de Razn
Prctica, N. 132, Mayo 2003, pp. 57-62.
- Weak Thought and the reduction of violence. A Dialogue with Gianni Vattimo. In Common
Knowledge, volume 8, Issue 3, fall 2002, Duke University Press, pp. 425-463.
- De la justice du Droit au droit la Justice. Entretien Gianni Vattimo. In Le Magazine
littraire, N. 402, Octobre 2001, pp. 98-102.
- Come fare giustizia del diritto? Per una filosofia del diritto d'impianto nichilistico. Intervista a
Gianni Vattimo a cura di S. Zabala. In Iride, Bologna, il Mulino, N. 32, Aprile 2001, pp. 123136.

F. Newspapers and Media Articles

- The Logic of Democracy (with C. Davis), in Al Jazeera, May 15th 2013.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/20135138427260651.html
- Out of Network: Words and the Art of Filippo Minelli, in The New York Times, April 16th 2013.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/out-of-network-the-art-of-filippo-minelli/
- The Philosophy of Plants, in Stir Magazine, March 23rd 2013.
http://stirtoaction.com/the-philosopher-of-plants/
- Zizek and the Communist Horizon, in Al Jazeera, February 3rd 2013.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013127122357321377.html
- Zizek and the Role of the Philosopher, in Al Jazeera, December 25th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012102105523661935.html
- What is the Meaning of Philosophy for Politics? in Project Syndicate, November 27th 2012.
http://www.project-syndicate.org/blog/what-is-the-meaning-of-philosophy-for-politics
- Predicting the future through online data mining, in Al Jazeera, October 5th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012102105523661935.html

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- How Wired is your Life?, in Al Jazeera, September 10th 2012.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012630141428903912.html
- Only art can save us now, in Al Jazeera, August 5th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012630141428903912.html
- Im Wired, therefore I Exist, in the New Statesman, July 29th 2012.
http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/sci-tech/2012/07/im-wired-therefore-i-exist
- Why so many Communist Philosophers?, in Al Jazeera, July 23rd 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126511494498219.html
- The Academy of Latinity: For a new humanism, in Ceasefire Magazine, July 14th 2012.
http://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/academy-latinity-humanism/
- Five years without Rorty, in Al Jazeera, June 9th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126492317318691.html
- Nietzsche on Wikileaks, in Al Jazeera, May 25th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012523115640578983.html
- Does Italy want Berlusconi Back?, in Al Jazeera, April 18th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201232181655426166.html
- Ten Years without Gadamer, in Al Jazeera, March 23th 2012.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201232181655426166.html
- How to Be a European (Union) Philosopher, in The New York Times, February 23rd 2012.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/how-to-be-a-european-union-philosopher/

- Being a Communist in 2012, in Al Jazeera, February 9th 2012

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201223111316317303.html
Burmese translation, in Maukkha, Education Magazine, Tuesday 14th February, 2012
http://www.maukkha.org/index.php/book-store/reading-room-maukkha/1845-being-acommunist-2012-maukkha
- Why Latin America Calls on Philosophers, in Al Jazeera, January 6th 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011121394633515535.html
French translation by Thierry Deronne, in La revolucion vive, mardi 10 janvier
2012: http://www.larevolucionvive.org.ve/spip.php?article1850

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- A Philosophy for Our Protesters, in Al Jazeera, November 30th 2011.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112816183696394.html
Latvian translation in Rigas Laiks (Riga Time). January 2012, pp. 10-11.

G. Translations
-The Hermeneutical Nature of Analytic Philosophy. A Study of Ernst Tugendhat. Translated from
Italian by M. Haskell and S. Zabala. Columbia University Press, New York, 2008.
- The Age of Interpretation by Gianni Vattimo, translated from in The Future of Religion, by
Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo; edited by S. Zabala, Columbia University Press, New York
2005, pp. 43-54.
- Quale futuro aspetta alla religione dopo la metafisica? Richard Rorty, Gianni Vattimo e S.
Zabala discutono il futuro della religione. Translated from English in Il futuro della religione.
Solidariet, carit, ironia, di Richard Rorty e Gianni Vattimo; a cura di S. Zabala, Garzanti,
Milano, 2005, pp. 61-89.
- Anticlericalismo e ateismo, by Richard Rorty, translated from English, in Il futuro della
religione. Solidariet, carit, ironia, di Richard Rorty e Gianni Vattimo; a cura di S. Zabala,
Garzanti, Milano, 2005, pp. 33-45.
- Ethic's without transcendence, by Gianni Vattimo. Translated from Italian, in Common
Knowledge, Volume 9, Issue 3, Fall 2003, Duke University Press, pp. 399-405.
- Dilogo con Gianni Vattimo. Cmo hacer justicia del Derecho, by S. Zabala, translated by
from Italian, in Claves de Razn Prctica, N. 114, Julio/Agosto 2001, pp. 44-52.

H. Reviews
- Heidegger in America by Martin Woessner, forthcoming in Common Knowledge.

- The Actuality of Communism by Bruno Bosteels, Common Knowledge. Vol. 18, Issue 2,
Spring 2012, pp. 137-8.
- Cmo ser filosficamente responsable? de G. Vattimo, Vocacin y responsabilidad del
filsofo, in Revista de Occidente, n. 373 Junio 2012, pp. 140-143

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- Hatred and Forgiveness by Julia Kristeva, Common Knowledge. Vol. 18, Issue 2, Spring
2012, pp. 364.
- La filosofa como instrumento de lucha. Review of Commonwealth, Michael Hardt y Antonio
Negri and Elogio de lo comn, Antonio Negri y Cesare Casarino. In El Pais, Babelia, n. 1.057,
25/2/12, pp. 16.
- Cmo ejercer el pensamiento filosfico? Review of M. Heidegger, Ejercitacin en el
pensamiento filosfico and Rudolf Bultmann/Martin Heidegger, Correspondencia 1925-1975. In
El Pais, Babelia, n. 1.043, 19/11/11, pp. 16.
- La necesidad de la filosofa en su inutilidad. Review of Prejuzgados by J. Derrida;
Fenomenologa de la voluntad by Alexander Pfnder; Apologa de lo intil, edited by S.
Eguidazu; and Nietzsche by Giuliano Campioni. In El Pais, Babelia, n. 1.047, 17/12/11, pp. 20.
- The Death of God: An Investigation into the History of the Western Concept of God, by
Frederiek Depoortere, in the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. Issue: 11.2 Spring
2011, pp. 238-239.
- The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically, by R. Piercey, in
Common Knowledge, Vol. 17, Issue 3, Fall 2011, pp. 539.
- Unquiet Understanding: Gadamers Philosophical Hermeneutics by Nicholas Davey, in
Symposium: The Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, Vol. 15, 2011, Spring, n. 1, pp.
248-252
- Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt by M. Marder, International
Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 19(1), 2011, 145148.
- A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism by L. Braver, in Journal of the
History of Philosophy. Volume 48, Number 4, October 2010: 539-540
- Il pensiero di Gianni Vattimo. Lemancipazione dalla metafisica tra dialettica ed ermeneutica,
by Giovanni Giorgio. In Ricerche Teologiche, n. 2, 2006, pp. 506-510. Reprinted in
Aquinas, 50, n.1, September 2007, pp. 257-262.
- L'ultimo dio. Un dialogo filosofico con Riccardo Dottori, by Hans-Georg Gadamer. In Iride",
Bologna, il Mulino, N. 39, 2003 pp. 205-207.

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K. Authored Forewords
Foreword (co-authored with G. Vattimo) in M. Marder, Plant-Thinking, New York: Columbia
University Press, 2012, pp. xi-xv.

L. Co-authored Reviews
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Prefazione by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala, in Scrittura e
Ermeneutica, by Lucio Saviani. Reggio Emilia: Aliberti, 2008, pp. 9-13.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Prlogo by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala, in La justicia deconstruida,
by Ana Messuti. Barcellona: Bellaterra, 2008, pp. 9-13.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Responses as Indications of a New Philosophy. Review of R. Rortys
Take care of Freedom and Truth Will Take Care of Itself: Interviews with Richard Rorty.
Review by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala, in "Books in Canada. The Canadian Review of
Books", January 2007, Volume 36, Number 1, p. 26-27.
Translated into Italan by Barbara Amali in R. Rorty, Verit e libert, a cura di E.
Mendietta, Massa; Transeuropa, 2008, pp. ix-xi.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Knowing Through Civilization. Review of Barry Allen Knowledge and
Civilization. Review by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala, in "Books in Canada. The Canadian
Review of Books", May, 2005, Volume 34, Number 4, p. 25.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] An Old Scourge of Civilization: Deciphering One's Way to Murder.
Review of Abdelwahab Meddebs The Malady of Islam. Review by Gianni Vattimo and S.
Zabala, in "Books in Canada. The Canadian Review of Books", September 2004, Volume No.
33, Number 6, pp. 23-24.
Translated in Spanish under the title: Fundamentalismo islamico, by Javier Martnez
Contreras in Diccionario de la Existencia. Asuntos revelantes de la vida humana, Edited by
Andres Ortiz-Oss and Paxti Lanceros. Anthropos, Barcelona, 2006. pp. 250-252.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Dedicated to Dialogue and Socratic Wisdom. Review of Jean
Grondins: Hans-Georg Gadamer a Biography. Review by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala, in
Books in Canada. The Canadian Review of Books" January/February 2004, Volume No. 33,
Number 1, pp. 27 and 34. Re-printed in Sensus Communis, vol. 5 (2004), N. 4 (September
December), Issue 14, pp. 463-466.
Translated into Spanish under the title: Una vida dedicada a la hermenutica, by Teresa
Oate in Hans-Georg Gadamer: Ontologa esttica y hemenutica, edited by Teresa Oate,
Cristina Garca Santos, and Miguel ngel Quintana Paz, Dykinson, Madrid, 2005, 35-39.

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M. Co-authored Forewords
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Foreword, in M. Marder, Plant-Thinking, New York: Columbia
University Press, 2012, pp. xi-xv.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Presentazione, in R. Rorty, Verit e libert, a cura di E. Mendietta,
Massa; Transeuropa, 2008, pp. ix-xi.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Presentazione, in Tu non morirai di Gabriel Marcel, a cura di M.
Pastrello e F. Riva. Roma: Valter Casini, 2006, pp. 7-9.
- [With Gianni Vattimo] Presentazione, in Figure del conflitto. Studi in onore di Giacomo
Marramao, a cura di Alberto Martinengo. Roma: Valter Casini, 2006, pp. 9-11.

N. Interviews with S. Zabala

- Comunismo Hermeneutico: Respuestas a Guaraguao, In Guaraguao: Revista de Cultura
Latinoamericana, n. 40, Ao 16, Otoo 2012, pp. 50-54.
- 'Hermeneutic Communism: An Interview with Santiago Zabala, by M. Marder, in Telos,
Volume 161 (Winter 2012), pp. 188-192.
- 'Chavez is still a model for Obama': Interview with Santiago Zabala, by S. Mazzini, in AlJazeera, 11/11/2012:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012118121638309403.html
- Interview with Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, authors of Hermeneutic Communism:
From
Heidegger
to
Marx,
by
Columbia
University
Press:
http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/vattimo-zabala-hermeneutic-interview
- Das HumanKapital incontra il prof. Santiago Zabala, Luglio 14 2011:
http://dashumankapital.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/das-humankapital-incontra-il-prof-santiagozabala/
- "Porqu no hay hechos, sino slo interpretaciones? Dilogo sobre Filosofa ciencia y poltica
sin verdad " Interview with Santiago Zabala by Javier Catalan, in Claves de Razn Practica, n.
211, April, 2011, pp. 26-29.
- Interview with Santiago Zabala author of The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology after
Metaphysics, by Columbia University Press http://www.cup.columbia.edu/static/zabalainterview-the-remains-of-being

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- Interview with Santiago Zabala, author of The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy: A
Study of Analytic Philosophy, by Columbia University Press, 2008, in
http://cup.columbia.edu/static/Zabala-Santiago-interview
- Por qu creemos en Dios? Interview with S. Zabala and Others by Esteban Hernndez,
Mircoles, 12 de julio de 2006, published in El Confidencial.
- The future of Religion. A dialogue with Santiago Zabala by Jens Viggo Nielsen. In Literature
& Aesthetics. The Journal of the Sydney Soceity of Litterature and Aesthetics, vol. 17, n. 2,
December 2007, pp. 7-27.
- Danish translation forthcoming in Slagmark - tidsskrift for idehistorie 2009.
- Fortissimamente Vattimo da Cuba agli Stati Uniti. Interview with Gianni Vattimo, Luisa
Capelli and S. Zabala by Laura Maragnani. Panorama - 14/12/2006, pp. 263-264.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
A. Academic Appointments
- University of Barcelona, ICREA Research Professor, Department of History of Philosophy,
Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy, Tenure position, 2010- Coordinator of the Deconstruction and Hermeneutics Research Group at the University
of Barcelona. http://deconstructionandhermeneutics.com/
- University of Deusto Bilbao, Department of Philosophy, Visiting Assistant Professor
(with Prof. A. Ortiz-Oss), 2007-8
- University of Deusto Bilbao, Department of Philosophy, Lecturer (with Prof. A. OrtizOss), 2006-7
- University of Turin, Department of Philosophy (with Prof. Gianni Vattimo), Instructor,
2004-5
- University of Turin, Department of Philosophy (with Prof. Gianni Vattimo), Instructor,
2003-4
B. Courses
University of Barcelona, 2011-2012: Master in Contemporary Philosophy, Course:
Hermeneutics and Ontology
University of Barcelona, 2011-2012: Master in Human Rights and Philosophy, Course:
Consequences of Hermeneutics
C. Research Appointments
- University of Barcelona, ICREA Research Professor, 2010- Johns Hopkins University, Visiting Scholar, Spring Semester 2010
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Potsdam University, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow 2008-2009

D. Senior Thesis Mentoring

Javier Fernndez Cataln, PhD Thesis in Philosophy, University of Turin: La recepcin de la
Teora Esttica de Adorno en Alemania (2007-8).

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
A. Series Editor
- Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought. Series co-edited with M. Marder for Palgrave
McMillan (Hampshire), 2012Published volumes:
Marder and Zabala, Being Shaken. (2013)
- Filosofia Politica. Series edited S. Zabala for Bellaterra Publisher (Barcelona), 2011-2021.
Published volumes:
Gianni Vattimo, El Socialismo, o sea, Europa (2011)
Danilo Zolo, Terrorismo Humanitario (2011)
Fernando Buen Abad Domnguez, La Guerra Simblica (2012)
Carmen Revilla Guzmn, Mara Zambrano y el pensamiento contemporneo (2013)
- Libri di Vattimo e Zabala. Series edited by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala for Aliberti Publisher
(Reggio Emilia), 2008. Published volumes:
Lucio Saviani, Ermeneutica e scrittura
Alberto Martinengo, Il pensiero incompiuto
- Complete Works of Gianni Vattimo. Edited by Mario Cedrini, Alberto Martinengo, and S.
Zabala for Meltemi publisher (Rome), 70 volumes projected. Published volumes:
Volume introduttivo (1 Book)
Volume I Ermeneutica (7 Books)
Volume II Nietzsche (4 Books)
Volume III Heidegger (4 Books)
Volume IV Postmoderno (4 Books)
Volume V Religione (6 Books)
Volume VI Ontologia (6 Books)
Volume VII Scritti e dialoghi autobiografici
Volume VIII Scritti e note filosofiche (3 Books)
Volume IX Scritti e interviste sulla politica (3 Books)
Volume X Scritti e interviste sui diritti (2 Books)
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Volume XI Scritti e interviste sulla cultura e la religione (2 Books)

- Differenze. Series edited by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala for Transeuropa Publisher (Massa),
2007-2009. Published volumes:
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Lettura, scrittura e partecipazione
Richard Rorty, Verti e libert
Carmelo Dotolo, Abitare i confine
Massimo Adinolfi, Una passione senza misura
Akbar Ganji, Iran, Islam e democrazia
- Interpretazioni. La collana filosofica delle fusioni. Series edited by Gianni Vattimo and S.
Zabala for Valter Casini Publisher, (Rome) 2006-2011. Published volumes:
Gabriel Marcel, Tu non morirai
Manuel Cruz, Come fare cose con i ricordi
Ricardo Dottori, L'arte e il gioco dell'esistenza
Giorgio Straniero, Eros e cattolicesimo
Nicola de Lorenzo, Ermeneutica e psicoanalisi
Davide Saraniti, Messianismo e Traduzione. Benjamin e Derrida
William Egginton, Etica e perversit
Elena Ficara, Heidegger e il problema della metafsica
Luca Bagetto, Jean-Claude Lvque, Immagine e scrittura
Alberto Martinengo, Figure del conflitto
Giovanni Giorgio, Spiegare per Interpretare
Vikika Vujica , Ermeneutica della religione e l'evento del dialogo in R. Panikkar
Javier Catalan, Conseguenze della Teoria Estetica di Adorno
- Contemporary European Cultural Studies. Series edited by Gianni Vattimo and S. Zabala for
The Davies Group Publishers (Aurora, Colorado), 2005-2012. Published volumes:
Manfred Frank, The Boundaries of Agreement
Rodolphe Gasch, Views and Interviews: On Deconstruction in America
Dario Antiseri, Popper's Vienna: World 3 of Vienna 18701930
Remo Bodei, Logics of Delusion
Paolo Crocchiolo, The Amorous Tinder
William Egginton, A Wrinkle in History: Essays in Literature and Philosophy
Emanuela Fornari, Modernity Out of Joint
Jos Guimn, Art and Madness
Duncan Kennedy, Legal Reasoning: Collected Essays
Philip Larrey, Thinking Logically
Antonio Livi, Reasons for Believing
Giacomo Marramao, Kairs
Giovanni Mari, The Postmodern, Democracy, History
Ana Messuti, Time as Punishment
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Jzef Ninik, The Arbitrariness of Philosophy

Andrs Ortiz-Oss, The Sense of the World
Franca DAgostini, Last Fumes of the Evaporating Reality
L. Pareyson, Philosophy of Interpretation
Laura Llevadot, Kierkegaard through Derrida
B. Publisher Reviewer
- Reviewer for Columbia University Press, 2005- Reviewer for Northwestern University Press, 2005- Reviewer for Davies Group Publishers, 2007- Reviewer for MIT Press, 2010- Reviewer for Continuum Press, 2010C. Journals Member, Associate Editor and Reviewer
- Reviewer for Claves de Razn Practica, 2008- Associate Editor for Iride: Filosofia e opinione pubblica, Il Mulino, 2007- Member of the editorial board of Topologik: International Journal of Philosophy, Educational
and Social Sciences, 2012- Reviewer for Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2009- Reviewer for Iris. European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate, Firenze University
Press, 2009- Reviewer for Common Knowledge, Duke University Press, 2005- Reviewer for The European Legacy, Sage Publishers, 2009- Reviewer for Symposium: The Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, 2009- Reviewer for International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Routledge, 2009- Editorial Board Member: Purlieu A Philosophical Journal, 2010-

- Reviewer for Babelia, El Pais, 2011- Editorial Board Member: Revista Helius, 2013
- Editorial Board Member: Quadranti - Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia Contemporanea, 2013-

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

A. Invited Talks
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Being at Large. Department of Philosophy, The New School, A University. New York,
April 4th, 2013.

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Being at Large. Department of Philosophy. Stony Brook University, New York, April
3rd, 2013.

Weak Faith: How to Manage Religious Diversity without Dissent? INDIAN

COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS International conference On World
Religions: Diversity, Not Dissension 7 9 March, 2013, at the ICCR Auditorium, New
Delhi, India.

La dconstruction de l'Europe travers le communisme hermneutique, 2628th January 2013. Conference at the XXV conference of the Academy of Latinity:
Leurope et le legs de loccident at the Institut du Monde Arabe de Paris.

Elements for an Internet Hermeneutics, conference at The Power of

information International Conference in Brussels, January 20-23 2013.
http://www.thepowerofinformation.eu

El comunismo del pensamiento dbil, 14 of December, 2012, Universidad de

Barcelona, Facultad de Filologia. Aula: 3.3 Aulario.

Deconstructing Europe through Hermeneutic Communism? Conference at the

Jan van Eyck Academie, December 1st 2012.

La Diferencia del Comunismo Hermenutico? November 23rd 2012.

Conference at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Barcelona.
Organized by J. Bermudo Research Group.

The Being of Tenera Valse October 25th, 2012. Book presentation (Terera
Valse, Anatomia della Ragazza Zoo, Il Saggiatore Publisher) and discussion at the
Casa delle Letterature - Piazza dell'Orologio, 3, Rome.

The only Emergency is the Lack of Events May 24th, 2012. Conference at the
XXV conference of the Academy of Latinity: Humanity and Difference in the
Global Age, in Beijing, China, May 23 - 25, 2012, In cooperation with Tsinghua
University, Venue: Wenjin Hotel

Introduction to Hermeneutic Communism March 9th, 2012. Conference at the

Department of Philosophy of the University of Barcelona. Organized by M. Cruz
Research Group.

Hermeneutic Communism as Politics. November 28th 2011, Maracaibo,

Venezuela, 1030am. Organized by VI FORO INTERNACIONAL DE

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FILOSOFA DE VENEZUELA, Repblica Bolivariana de Venezuela: Ministerio

del Poder Popular para la Cultura.
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Being Shaken: Ontology and the Event. November 2nd 2011. Barcelona, Catalonia,
45th ICREA Colloquium. 6pm at the Auditorium of the FICSR building, Passeig Llus
Companys 23, 6th floor, Barcelona.

Labor and Hermeneutics. October 28th 2011, Turin, Italy, 1030am. Organized
by "Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Replies. October 19th 2011, New York. Organized by "State University of New
York for the Presentation of Vattimo and Zabalas Hermeneutic Communism.

Hermeneutics and Communism. September 3rd 2011, Morfetta, Bari, 19pm.

Organized by "Voce di SantAndrea for the Presentation of Vattimo and Zabalas
Hermeneutic Communism.

Weakening Religion. June 9th 2011, 9am. Conference Religi i democrcia en

el mn contemporani: Repensant el llegat de la Illustraci in the Sala de Graus
Facultat de Lletres Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona. Organized by Projecte de
recerca La religi en lespai pblic democrtic (Departament de Filosofia,
Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona).

Philosophy and Politics. March 23rd 2011, 13pm. Conference at the Department of
Philosophy of the University of Barcelona. Organized by the Facultat de Filosofia i la
Comissi de Dinamitzaci Lingstica i Cultural.

Truth Absence. November 24th 2010. Conference at the Department of Philosophy of

Vittoria University (Spain) Organized by the Departamento de Filosofa with the
Vicerrectorado del Campus de lava and the Decanato de la Facultad de Letras.

The Effects of Truth. Who is calling? Responsible Hermeneutics Hermeneutics of

Responsibility International Conference at Aarhus University, June 3-4, 2010 at the
Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University.

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Philosophy of Conversation. XXI Conference of the Academy of Latinity. 26-28 of

April 2010, University of Cordoba.

From Ontology to Conversation. North Texas Philosophical Association Keynote

Conference, at the University of North Texas, Denton, April 10th 2010.

Introduction to Hermeneutic Communism. Department of German and Romance

Languages and Literatures and Department of Philosophy. Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, April 6th 2010.

Being, Conversation and Ontology. University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, March 4th,
2010.

Vattimos Anticlerical Christianity, Religion in Modernity: The Secularization

Thesis Reconsidered April 17 - 18, 2009, Kellogg Center, Department of Political
Science at Michigan State University. April 18th, 2009.

Being is Conversation. Department of German and Romance Languages and

Literatures and Department of Philosophy. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, October
24, 2008.

Conversation and Ontology. Department of Philosophy. The New School, New York,
October 28, 2008.

Ontology of Actuality. Department of Philosophy. University of Girona, Girona,

October 6, 2008.

Rortys Conversation. Institute of Philosophy. University of Potsdam, Potsdam, June

2, 2008.

Vattimo and Religion. Department of Philosophy. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos

Sinos, June 10, 2007.

Post modernity and Religion. Department of Philosophy. Pontifcia Universidade

Catlica do Rio de Janeiro, June 13, 2007.

The Future of Religion. Department of Philosophy. University of Rome Roma Tre,

Rome, May 6, 2007

Hermeneutics and Truth. Department of Philosophy. University of Deusto in Bilbao,

Bilbao, January 15, 2007.

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The Future of Religion. Department of Philosophy. University of Montreal, Montreal,

October 6, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy (SPEP)
Fondazione Lelio e Lisli Basso
North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics (NASPH)
North Texas Philosophical Association (NTPA)
Canadian Philosophical Association (CAP)
Florida Philosophical Association (FPA)

REFERENCES
Terry Pinkard
Professor
Philosophy Department
Georgetown University
215 New North
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20057, USA
pinkard1@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-7128

Gianni Vattimo
Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Turin
Via Po 11
10124 Turin, Italy
gianni.vattimo@gmail.com

C. G. Prado
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Dept. of Philosophy, Watson Hall,
Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6,
Canada.
pradocg@queensu.ca
Phone: (613) 533-6100

Barry Allen
Professor
Department of Philosophy
McMaster University
University Hall 310A
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
bgallen@mcmaster.ca
Phone: 905-525-9140

Jeff Malpas
Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Tasmania

James Risser
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Seattle University

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Hobart Campus,
Humanities Building, 357
Private Bag 41 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
7001
Jeff.Malpas@utas.edu.au
Phone: 0061 3 6226 2257

900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122-4340
USA
JRISSER@seattleu.edu
Phone: (206) 296 5306

Jean Grondin
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Universite de Montreal
C.P. 6128, succ. Centre ville
Montreal Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada
jean.grondin@umontreal.ca
Phone: 514-334-7064

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