PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF POSTMODERNITY

Postmodernity revealed itself, especially in philosophy, as a separation from the ideals that were overly exalted in the modern era with the supremacy of subjective reason. The nihilism, into which the world was plunged, became the object of philosophical investigations, making nothingness gain new meanings. Nietzsche and Heidegger were mainly responsible for such a change in vision and value. The article aims to understand how this process of change occurred as well as to identify, dentz <acute accent> according to Gianni Vattimo's vision, possible solutions for the imminent end that metaphysics and philosophy are heading towards.