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
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Contents
Destruktion-Konstruktion / P. Christopher Smith
The dialectic of belonging and distanciation in Gadamer and Ricoeur / Merold Westphal
Hermeneutics as projecy of liberation : the concept of tradition in Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer / Andreea Deciu Ritivoi
Gaddamer's rhetorical conception of hermeneutics as the key to developing a critical hermeneutics / Francis J. Mootz III
Understanding as metaphoric, not a fusion of horizons / George H. Taylor
Where is muthos hiding in Gadamer's hermeneutics?, or, The onltological privilege of emplotment / John Arthos
Paul Ricoeur's and Hans-Georg Gadamer's diverging reflections on recognition / David Vessey
Is phronesis deinon? : Ricoeur on tragedy and phronesis / David H. Fisher
Ricoeur's model of translation and responsible political practice / Bernard P. Dauenhauer
Understanding the body : the relevance of Gadamer's and Ricoeur's view of the body for feminist theory / Louise D. Derkesen, Annemie Halsema
Thing hermeneutics / David M. Kaplan
Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and new Confucianism / Kathleen Wright
Introduction George H. Taylor and Francis J. Mootz III
I. History
1. Destruktion-Konstruktion: Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur P. Christopher Smith
II. Engagements
2. The Dialectic of Belonging and Distanciation in Gadamer and Ricoeur Merold Westphal
3. Hermeneutics as Project of Liberation: The Concept of Tradition in Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer Andreea Deciu Ritivoi
4. Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics Francis J. Mootz III
5. Understanding as Metaphoric, Not a Fusion of Horizons George H. Taylor
6. Where Is Muthos Hiding in Gadamer's Hermeneutics? Or, the Ontological Privilege of Emplotment John Arthos
7. Paul Ricoeur's and Hans-Georg Gadamer's Diverging Reflections on Recognition David Vessey
8. Is Phronesis Deinon? Ricoeur on Tragedy and Phronesis David H. Fisher
III. Extensions
9. Ricoeur's Model of Translation and Responsible Political Practice Bernard P. Dauenhauer
10. Understanding the Body: The Relevance of Gadamer's and Ricoeur's View of the Body for Feminist Theory Louise D. Derksen and Annemie Halsema
11. Thing Hermeneutics David M. Kaplan
12. Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics and New Confucianism Kathleen Wright
Bibliography
List of Contributors
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9786613089182
9781441148896
1441148892
9781472546531
1472546539
9781283089180
1283089181
9781441165794
1441165797
OCLC
721194784
721363339
884017337
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10.5040/9781472546531
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