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The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 1119100526
- ISBN-13:
- 9781119100522
- Pub. Date:
- 11/07/2023
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics / Edition 1
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“The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics is destined to become an invaluable resource for its incisive discussions of all aspects of hermeneutics within the field of philosophy.”
Burt Hopkins, Seattle University
“This is an extraordinarily rich collection of articles on every aspect of hermeneutics. It covers not just the history of hermeneutics from the ancient Greeks to the present, but also topics ranging from aesthetics and politics to pragmatism and deconstruction as analyzed by key thinkers such as Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer, Vattimo, and Apel. This Companion is an essential guide to the hermeneutic tradition.”
Dermot Moran, University College Dublin
“Hermeneutics—the philosophical theory of interpretation—has been one of the most influential strands of European thought over the last two hundred years or more. This comprehensive volume of essays, with contributions by many leading experts in the field, constitutes an ideal point of entry into the hermeneutic tradition. Its range and level of detail will also appeal to those who wish to advance their knowledge of hermeneutic philosophy and its many important consequences.”
Peter Dews, University of Essex
The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays that provides a definitive historical, systematic, authoritative, and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics. The volume explores the art and theory of interpretation as it intersects with contemporary philosophical and interdisciplinary schools of thought, including humanism, politics, education, theology, literature, and law. Essays also include cutting-edge discussions of the relation of hermeneutics to the history of philosophy, and address the major themes, topics, core concepts, and key figures at the heart of the discipline. The reference features 70 chapters from an international cast of leading and upcoming scholars, who offer historically informed, philosophically comprehensive, and critically astute contributions in their individual fields of expertise. In doing so, they identify and enact different aspects of hermeneutical aims and approaches in an attempt to bear witness to both the inherent diversity of hermeneutics, and also the constancy and fidelity of its return to history and tradition. Timely and thought-provoking, The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics is the only comprehensive reference work of its kind, and offers a wealth of information for everyone with an interest in hermeneutics.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781119100522 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 11/07/2023 |
Pages: | 640 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.50(d) |
About the Author
Chris Lawn is Lecturer in Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xIntroduction 1 Niall Keane and Chris Lawn
Part I Hermeneutics and the History of Philosophy 9
1 The History of Hermeneutics 11 Eileen Brennan
2 Hermeneutics and the Ancient Philosophical Legacy: Hermēneia and Phronēsis 22 Jussi Backman
3 Medieval Hermeneutics 34 David Vessey
4 Hermeneutics and Modern Philosophy: The Art of Understanding 45 Andrew Bowie
5 Gadamer and German Idealism 54 Theodore George
Part II Themes and Topics 63
6 Hermeneutics and Ethical Life: On the Return to Factical Life 65 Dennis J. Schmidt
7 Hermeneutics and Politics 72 Bruce Krajewski
8 Religion 77 Felix Ó Murchadha
9 Method 86 Inga Römer
10 Truth 96 Kristin Gjesdal
11 Historicity and Temporality 105 Brian Rogers
12 Memory 114 Hans Ruin
13 Language and Alterity 122 James Risser
14 Identity, History, Tradition 130 Charles Guignon
15 Recognition and Freedom 144 David Espinet and Matthias Flatscher
16 Aesthetics and Perception 155 Günter Figal
17 Hermeneutics and Ontology 162 István M. Fehér
18 Narrative 172 Robert Piercey
19 Rationality, Knowledge, and Relativism 180 Paul Fairfield
20 Finitude 188 Thomas Schwarz Wentzer
21 Authority 197 Robert J. Dostal
22 Subjectivity and Hermeneutics 205 John Russon
23 Biblical Hermeneutics 212 Jens Zimmermann
Part III Key Concepts 227
24 Understanding 229 Donatella Di Cesare
25 Interpretation, Judgment, and Critique 236 Rudolf A. Makkreel
26 Word, Image, and Concept 242 Nicholas Davey
27 Horizonality 248 Thomas J. Nenon
28 Application and Praxis 253 Lawrence K. Schmidt
29 Dialectic 259 Thomas Schwarz Wentzer
30 Play 265 Tony O’ Connor
31 Sense and Meaning: From Aristotle to Heidegger 270 Thomas Sheehan
32 Prejudice and Pre‐Understanding 280 István M. Fehér
33 On the Manifold Senses of Mimesis: From Plato to Gadamer and Beyond 289 John Sallis
34 The Hermeneutical Circle 299 Jean Grondin
35 Metaphor and Symbol 306 Karl Simms
36 Dialogue, Goodwill, and Community 312 David Vessey
37 Textuality 320 Karl Simms
38 Lived Experience: Erlebnis and Erfahrung 326 Nicholas Davey
Part IV Major Figures 333
39 Martin Luther 335 Jens Zimmermann
40 August Boeckh 342 Robert J. Dostal
41 Immanuel Kant 348 Rudolf A. Makkreel
42 G. W. F. Hegel 354 John Russon
43 F. D. E. Schleiermacher 360 Jens Zimmermann
44 Friedrich Nietzsche 366 Babette E. Babich
45 Wilhelm Dilthey 378 Rudolf A. Makkreel
46 Edmund Husserl 383 Pol Vandevelde
47 Martin Heidegger 389 Cristina Lafont
48 Hans‐Georg Gadamer 397 Jean Grondin
49 Mircea Eliade: Structural Hermeneutics and Philosophy 404 David M. Rasmussen
50 Paul Ricoeur 412 Robert Piercey
51 E. D. Hirsch 417 Robert J. Dostal
52 Michel Foucault 423 Tony O’ Connor
53 Gianni Vattimo 429 Nicholas Davey
54 Karl‐Otto Apel 435 Pol Vandevelde
55 Jürgen Habermas 440 Cristina Lafont
56 Richard Rorty 446 Robert Piercey
57 Günter Figal 451 Morten Sørensen Thaning
Part V Philosophical Intersections and Encounters 459
58 Hermeneutics and Phenomenology 461 Eileen Brennan
59 Hermeneutics and Deconstruction 471 Donatella Di Cesare
60 Hermeneutics, Politics, and Philosophy 481 Roberto Alejandro
61 Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science: Interpreting Nature, Reading Laboratory Science 492 Babette E. Babich
62 Hermeneutics and Pragmatism 505 David Vessey
63 Hermeneutics and Education 513 Paul Fairfield
64 Hermeneutics and Critical Theory 520 Margherita Tonon
65 Hermeneutics and Theology 530 John Panteleimon Manoussakis
66 Hermeneutics and Rhetoric 539 Bruce Krajewski
67 Hermeneutics: Literature and Being 548 Rod Coltman
68 Hermeneutics and Feminist Philosophy 557 Sara Heinämaa
69 Hermeneutics and the Analytic–Continental Divide 573 Sara Heinämaa
70 Hermeneutics and Humanism 585 István M. Fehér
71 Hermeneutics and Law 595 Francis J. Mootz III
Index 604
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“Wiley Blackwell’s A Companion to Hermeneutics is destined to become an invaluable resource for its incisive discussions of all aspects of hermeneutics within the field of philosophy.”
Burt Hopkins, Seattle University
“This is an extraordinarily rich collection of articles on every aspect of hermeneutics. It covers not just the history of hermeneutics from the ancient Greeks to the present, but also topics ranging from aesthetics and politics to pragmatism and deconstruction as analysed by key thinkers such as Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer, Vattimo and Apel. This Companion is an essential guide to the hermeneutic tradition.”
Dermot Moran, University College Dublin
“Hermeneutics— the philosophical theory of interpretation—has been one of the most influential strands of European thought over the last two hundred years or more. This comprehensive volume of essays, with contributions by many leading experts in the field, constitutes an ideal point of entry into the hermeneutic tradition. Its range and level of detail will also appeal to those who wish to advance their knowledge of hermeneutic philosophy and its many important consequences.”
Peter Dews, University of Essex