Inheriting Gadamer : new directions in philosophical hermeneutics /
Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, one of the seminal philosophies of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary theory, philosophy of law, critical social...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, one of the seminal philosophies of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary theory, philosophy of law, critical social theory and the philosophy of art. This collection expands on some of these areas and takes his hermeneutics into yet new fields including narrative medicine, biotechnology, the politics of memory, the philosophy of place and the non-verbal languages of the body. And while Gadamer's discussions with Heidegger, Habermas and Derrida are well known, Inheriting Gadamer sets him in dialogue with Mahatma Gandhi, Christine Korsgaard, Charles Mills and others. In these ways, the volume holds fast to a Gadamerian virtue, cultivating our important philosophical traditions while embracing the constant need to re-think their meaning in new circumstances and in relation to new knowledge. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 242 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748698974 0748698973 |