Homo Interpretans - Towards a Transformation of Hermeneutics

Leading contemporary philosopher Johann Michel offers an innovative reflection on the human being. The book presents an interdisciplinary study that engages philosophy, sociology and anthropology, offering a systematic analysis of the phenomenon of interpretation.

List of contents

Acknowledgements / Introduction / Part I: The Ordinary Disclosure of the World / 1. The Problem of Meaning and the Opening to the World / 2. The Lifeworld and the Mirror of Meaning / 3. The Production of Meaning and the Transformation of the World / Part II: The Scholarly Deciphering of Signs / 4. The Infinite and the Relative / 5. Being and Method / 6. The Text and Action / Index

About the author

Johann Michel is Professor of hermeneutics and social theory at the University of Poitiers and is affiliated with the EHESS in Paris. He is member of the scientific council of the Fonds Ricoeur and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Specialist of hermeneutics and social theory, he is author of many books in French, translated into several languages, including Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists.

Summary

Leading contemporary philosopher Johann Michel offers an innovative reflection on the human being. The book presents an interdisciplinary study that engages philosophy, sociology and anthropology, offering a systematic analysis of the phenomenon of interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Johann Michel, Michel Johann
• Assisted by: Joas Hans (Foreword), David Pellauer (Translation), Pellauer David (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781786608833
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-883-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Anthropology, Continental Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Ricoeur, Sociology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism