Gadamer and the Legacy of German Idealism

Klappentext This study provides an illuminating assessment of both the merits and the limitations of Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical thought. Zusammenfassung This study provides an illuminating assessment of both the merits and the limitations of Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical thought. Kristin Gjesdal uses a close analysis and critical investigation of Gadamer's Truth and Method (1960) to show that his engagement with Kant! Hegel! and Schleiermacher is integral to his conception of hermeneutics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Art, dialogue, and historical knowledge: appropriating Kant's Critique of Judgment; 2. Beyond the third Critique: epistemological skepticism and aesthetic consciousness; 3. Overcoming the problems of modern philosophy: art, truth, and the turn to ontology; 4. History, reflection, and self-determination: critiquing the Enlightenment and Hegel; 5. Schleiermacher's critical theory of interpretation; 6. Normativity, critique, and reflection: the hermeneutic legacy of German Idealism; Bibliography of works cited; Index.

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• Authors: Kristin Gjesdal, Kristin (Temple University Gjesdal, Gjesdal Kristin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781107404335
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40433-5
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Modern European Philosophy (Pa; Modern European Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics