Gadamer : hermeneutics, tradition, and reason /
The essays address the following questions: How and under what conditions has our culture come to represent the individual? What characterizes individualistic ideology and the social, economic, and political systems within which it has emerged? What is the role of the individual within them? What ha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
1987.
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| Series: | Key contemporary thinkers.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description |
| Summary: | The essays address the following questions: How and under what conditions has our culture come to represent the individual? What characterizes individualistic ideology and the social, economic, and political systems within which it has emerged? What is the role of the individual within them? What have been the major challenges to individualism? What aspects of contemporary thought and research point to new ways of thinking about the individual? |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 206 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0804713901 9780804713900 0804714339 9780804714334 0745605117 9780745605111 0745602401 9780745602400 |