Gadamer and Ricoeur : critical horizons for contemporary hermeneutics /
Gadamer and Ricoeur : critical horizons for contemporary hermeneutics /
edited by George H. Taylor and Francis J. Mootz III.
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
- 304 p.
- Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy .
- Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An original collection of essays bringing together and exploring the connections between two major figures in 20th century hermeneutics, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur were two of the most important hermeneutical philosophers of the twentieth century. Gadamer single-handedly revived hermeneutics as a philosophical field with his many essays and his masterpiece, Truth and Method. Ricoeur famously mediated the Gadamer-Habermas debate and advanced his own hermeneutical philosophy through a number of books addressing social theory, religion, psychoanalysis and political philosophy. This book brings Gadamer and Ricoeur into a hermeneutical conversation with each other through some of their most important commentators. Twelve leading scholars deliver contemporary assessments of the history and promise of hermeneutical philosophy, providing focused discussion on the work of these two key hermeneutical thinkers. The book shows how the horizons of their thought at once support and question each other and how, in many ways, the work of these two pioneering philosophers defines the issues and agendas for the new century.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781441165794 (ebook)
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.
Ricoeur, Paul.
Hermeneutics.
Philosophy.
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Philosophy
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An original collection of essays bringing together and exploring the connections between two major figures in 20th century hermeneutics, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur were two of the most important hermeneutical philosophers of the twentieth century. Gadamer single-handedly revived hermeneutics as a philosophical field with his many essays and his masterpiece, Truth and Method. Ricoeur famously mediated the Gadamer-Habermas debate and advanced his own hermeneutical philosophy through a number of books addressing social theory, religion, psychoanalysis and political philosophy. This book brings Gadamer and Ricoeur into a hermeneutical conversation with each other through some of their most important commentators. Twelve leading scholars deliver contemporary assessments of the history and promise of hermeneutical philosophy, providing focused discussion on the work of these two key hermeneutical thinkers. The book shows how the horizons of their thought at once support and question each other and how, in many ways, the work of these two pioneering philosophers defines the issues and agendas for the new century.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781441165794 (ebook)
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.
Ricoeur, Paul.
Hermeneutics.
Philosophy.
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Philosophy