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This book provides a comprehensive and critical account of Gadamer's hermeneutical philosophy. Robert J. Dostal shows that at the heart of Gadamer's enterprise is the thesis that "being that can be understood is language."
Introduction -- Gadamer's Ambivalence toward the Enlightenment Project -- Humanism and Politics: Gadamer's Civic Humanism in the Face of Heidegger's Anti-Humanism -- Saving Plato from Platonism -- From Bildung to Bild: Gadamer's Aesthetics -- Language and Understanding -- Hermeneutics and Science -- Between Phenomenology and Dialectic -- Conclusion: The Conversation That We Are-Solidarity.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy