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Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics

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THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO HERMENEUTICS
 
"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.

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Notes on Contributors x
Introduction 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: Hermeneia and Phronesis 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


About the author










Niall Keane is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Head of Department at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Chris Lawn is Lecturer in Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

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A Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays from leading international scholars that provide a definitive historical and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics.

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