Hermeneutics And Human Finitude
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Author | : P. Christopher Smith |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780823213047 |
Having thought out the Enlightenment project of individualism, privacy, and autonomy to its end, Anglo-American ethical theory now finds itself unable to respond to the collapse of community in which the practices justified by this project have resulted. In the place of reasonable deliberation about the goals to be chosen and the means to them, we now, it seems, have only what MacIntyre has aptly called "interminable debate" among "rival" positions, debate in which each party merely contends with the others for its own advantage. And this circumstance MacIntyre himself seems unable to escape despite his best efforts. In further elaborating Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutical reception of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, and Hegel, and in referring simultaneously to Edmund Burke's parallel political rhetoric, among other tradition-oriented arguments in the English language, this book seeks a recollection of shared ethical principles, a recollection which alone, it is argued, might prevent the devolution of discussion into war with words and make possible some measure of consensus, however provisional and shadowed by dissent it will be.
Author | : Jos de Mul |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780300097733 |
The author then elaborates a systematic reconstruction of Dilthey's ontology of life. In the final section of the book, Dilthey's hermeneutic ontology is confronted with the works of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Derrida, and its relevance in current philosophical debate is evaluated."--Jacket.
Author | : Michael Fishbane |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2021-04-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 022676429X |
The world we engage with is a vibrant collage brought to consciousness by language and our creative imagination. It is through the symbolic forms of language that the human world of value is revealed—this is where religious scholar Michael Fishbane dwells in his latest contribution to Jewish thought. In Fragile Finitude, Fishbane clears new ground for a theological life through a novel reinterpretation of the Book of Job. On this basis, he offers a contemporary engagement with the four classical types of Jewish Scriptural exegesis. The first focuses on worldly experience, the second on communal forms of practice and thought in the rabbinical tradition, the third on personal development, and the fourth on transcendent, cosmic orientations. Through these four modes, Fishbane manages to transform Jewish theology from within, at once reinvigorating a long tradition and moving beyond it. What he offers is nothing short of a way to reorient our lives in relation to the divine and our fellow humans. Written from within the Jewish tradition, Fragile Finitude is intended for readers across the religious spectrum.
Author | : Donatella Di Cesare |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0253007631 |
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), one of the towering figures of contemporary Continental philosophy, is best known for Truth and Method, where he elaborated the concept of "philosophical hermeneutics," a programmatic way to get to what we do when we engage in interpretation. Donatella Di Cesare highlights the central place of Greek philosophy, particularly Plato, in Gadamer's work, brings out differences between his thought and that of Heidegger, and connects him with discussions and debates in pragmatism. This is a sensitive and thoroughly readable philosophical portrait of one of the 20th century's most powerful thinkers.
Author | : James Risser |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780791432570 |
Elucidates the major components of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics found in his later work.
Author | : Françoise Dastur |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2017-06-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0823275892 |
Françoise Dastur is well respected in France and Europe for her mastery of phenomenology as a movement and her clear and cogent explications of phenomenology in movement. These qualities are on display in this remarkable volume. Dastur guides the reader through a series of phenomenological questions—language and logic, self and other, temporality and history, finitude and mortality—that also call phenomenology itself into question, testing its limits and pushing it in new directions. Like Merleau-Ponty, Dastur sees phenomenology not as a doctrine, a catalogue of concepts and catchphrases authored by a single thinker, but as a movement in which several thinkers participate, each inflecting the movement in unique ways. In this regard, Dastur is both one of the clearest guides to phenomenology and one of its ablest practitioners.
Author | : Jens Zimmermann |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2015-10-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191508535 |
Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do we draw meaning from the world around us so that we might understand our position in it? In this Very Short Introduction Jens Zimmermann traces the history of hermeneutic theory, setting out its key elements, and demonstrating how they can be applied to a broad range of disciplines: theology; literature; law; and natural and social sciences. Demonstrating the longstanding and wide-ranging necessity of interpretation, Zimmermann reveals its significance in our current social and political landscape. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Robert J. Dostal |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2002-01-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521000413 |
The most convenient and accessible guide to Gadamer currently available.
Author | : Jeff Malpas |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2010-05-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0810126869 |
Consequences of Hermeneutics celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century with essay by most of the leading figurs in contemporary hermeneutic theory, including Gianni Vattimo and Jean Grondin.
Author | : James K. A. Smith |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441236325 |
In this provocative book James K. A. Smith, one of the most engaging Christian scholars of our day, offers an innovative approach to hermeneutics. The second edition of Smith's well-received debut book provides updated interaction with contemporary hermeneutical discussions and responds to criticisms.