A Hermeneutic Approach to Gender and Other Social Identities

 This book draws on the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer to inform a feminist perspective of social identities. Lauren Swayne Barthold moves beyond answers that either defend the objective nature of identities or dismiss their significance altogether. Building on the work of both hermeneutic and non-hermeneutic feminist theorists of identity, she asserts the relevance of concepts like horizon, coherence, dialogue, play, application, and festival for developing a theory of identity. This volume argues that as intersubjective interpretations, social identities are vital ways of fostering meaning and connection with others. Barthold also demonstrates how a hermeneutic approach to social identities can provide critiques of and resistance to identity-based oppression.  

List of contents

Introduction.- 1. Horizons.- 2. Coherence.- 3. Dialogue.- 4. Application and Play.- 5. Truth and Festival.- Bibliography.

About the author

 Lauren Swayne Barthold is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gordon College, USA. She is also the Cofounder and Coadvisor of the Gender Studies Minor. She is the author of several works on Gadamer, including
Gadamer’s Dialectical Hermeneutics. 

Summary

 This book draws on the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer to inform a feminist perspective of social identities. Lauren Swayne Barthold moves beyond answers that either defend the objective nature of identities or dismiss their significance altogether. Building on the work of both hermeneutic and non-hermeneutic feminist theorists of identity, she asserts the relevance of concepts like horizon, coherence, dialogue, play, application, and festival for developing a theory of identity. This volume argues that as intersubjective interpretations, social identities are vital ways of fostering meaning and connection with others. Barthold also demonstrates how a hermeneutic approach to social identities can provide critiques of and resistance to identity-based oppression.  

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Swayne Barthold
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781349954704
• ISBN: 978-1-349-95470-4
• No. of pages: 169
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 211 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 247 g
• Illustrations: XI, 169 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Feminism, Feminismus und feministische Theorie, Ontology, social and political philosophy, Hermeneutics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophie: Metaphysik und Ontologie, Social Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Religion and Philosophy, Social sciences—Philosophy