History and Truth

Klappentext Investigates the antinomy between history and truth, or between historicity and meaning. This book argues that history has meaning insofar as it approaches universality and system, but has no meaning insofar as this universality violates the singularity of individuals' lives. Zusammenfassung Investigates the antinomy between history and truth! or between historicity and meaning. This book argues that history has meaning insofar as it approaches universality and system! but has no meaning insofar as this universality violates the singularity of individuals' lives.

Info autore

PAUL RICOEUR (1913-2005) is the author of numerous books, including History and Truth, The Conflict of Interpretations, From Text to Action, Freedom and Nature, and Husserl. These five titles are being reissued by Northwestern University Press with new forewords.

CHARLES A. KELBLEY is associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University. He is the translator of a number of Ricoeur's works.

DAVID M. RASMUSSEN is the author of many books and collected editions, including one of the first on Paul Ricoeur: Mythic-Symbolic Language and Philosophical Anthropology: A Constructive Interpretation of the Thought of Paul Ricoeur.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Ricoeur
• Con la collaborazione di: Charles A. Kelbley (Traduzione)
• Editore: Northwestern University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.09.2007
• EAN: 9780810124004
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2400-4
• Pagine: 368
• Serie: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and E
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie