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Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002) is widely recognized as the leading exponent of philosophical hermeneutics. The essays in this volume examine Gadamer's biography, the core of hermeneutical theory, and the significance of his work for ethics, aesthetics, the social sciences, and theology. There is full consideration of Gadamer's appropriation of Hegel, Heidegger and the Greeks, as well as his relation to modernity, critical theory and poststructuralism. This revised edition includes several new chapters on aspects of Gadamer's work, as well as updated chapters from the first edition and the most comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Gadamer available in the English language.

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Author:   Robert Dostal (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.781kg
ISBN:  

9781108830409

ISBN 10:   1108830404
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   12 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Robert J. Dostal; 1. Gadamer: the man and his work Robert J. Dostal; 2. Gadamer's basic understanding of understanding Jean Grondin; 3. Getting it right: relativism, realism, and truth Brice Wachterhauser; 4. Philosophical hermeneutics, language and the communicative event James Risser; 5. Phronesis and solidarity: democratic politics Darren Walhof; 6. Gadamer's Herderian critics Georgia Warnke; 7. Gadamer on the human sciences Charles Taylor; 8. Art experience and its transformative potential in Gadamer's Hermeneutics Beata Sirowy; 9. Lyric as paradigm: Hegel and the speculative instance of poetry in Gadamer's Hermeneutics J. M. Baker, JR.; 10. Gadamer, the Hermeneutic revolution, and theology Fred Lawrence; 11. Hermeneutics in practice: Gadamer on ancient philosophy Catherine H. Zuckert; 12. Gadamer's Hegel Robert B. Pippin; 13. Gadamer's relation to Heidegger and phenomenology Robert J. Dostal; 14. The constellation of Hermeneutics, critical theory, and deconstruction Richard Bernstein; 15. Hermeneutics in a broader horizon: Gadamer, Rorty, Davidson Niall Keane; 16. Bibliography; 17. Index.

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'All the contributors are recognized, well-established scholars ... the volume offers wide exposure to the whole Gadamerian opus ... Recommended.' S. Young, Choice Connect

'All the contributors are recognized, well-established scholars … the volume offers wide exposure to the whole Gadamerian opus … Recommended.' S. Young, Choice Connect

Author Information

Robert J. Dostal is Rufus M. Jones Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. He is author of Gadamer: Between Phenomenology and Dialectic (forthcoming) and editor of Phenomenology on Kant, German Idealism, Hermeneutics, and Logic (with O.K. Wiegand, L. Embree, J. Kockelmans and J. Mohanty, 2000).

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