Within postmodernism, Gianni Vattimo developed the concept of weak thought. He sees the current intellectual situation as characterized, above all, by the general dissolution of the myth of objectivity. This introduction provides a systematic overview of Vattimo's philosophy, with particular attention to numerous texts that have not yet been translated into German, and traces his controversial discussions on the problem of a postmodern history, a postmetaphysical ethics, and a postontotheological Christianity. An insightful exclusive interview with the Italian philosopher on problematic aspects of his thought concludes this first comprehensive presentation of what is arguably the most important representative of philosophical hermeneutics today.