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- Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics - one of the seminal philosophies of the 20th century - has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary theory, philosophy of law, critical social theory and the philosophy of art.
- About the Author: Georgia Warnke is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside.
- 248 Pages
- Philosophy, Hermeneutics
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This collection expands Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics into yet new fields including narrative medicine, biotechnology, the politics of memory, the philosophy of place and the non-verbal language of the body, and sets Gadamer in new dialogues with Mahatma Gandhi, Christine Korsgaard, Charles Mills and others.
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Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics - one of the seminal philosophies of the 20th century - has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary theory, philosophy of law, critical social theory and the philosophy of art. This collection expands on some of these areas and takes his hermeneutics into yet new fields including narrative medicine, biotechnology, the politics of memory, the philosophy of place and the non-verbal language of the body. And, building on Gadamer's well-known discussions with Heidegger, Habermas and Derrida, Inheriting Gadamer sets him in dialogue with Mahatma Gandhi, Christine Korsgaard, Charles Mills and others. In these ways, the volume holds fast to a Gadamerian virtue: cultivating our important philosophical traditions while embracing the constant need to re-think their meaning in new circumstances and in relation to new knowledge.
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'Georgia Warnke's Inheriting Gadamer brings together the voices of well-recognised scholars of Gadamer's hermeneutics and new, soon to be recognised more junior scholars to demonstrate just how relevant Gadamer's hermeneutics is and will continue to be. These essays renew the "conversation that we are" (Gadamer) by taking it in unexpected and surprisingly contemporary directions.' Kathleen Wright, Haverford College New analyses and extensions of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, one of the seminal philosophies of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary theory, philosophy of law, critical social theory and the philosophy of art. This collection expands on some of these areas and takes his hermeneutics into yet new fields including narrative medicine, biotechnology, the politics of memory, the philosophy of place and the non-verbal language of the body. And while Gadamer's discussions with Heidegger, Habermas and Derrida are well known, Inheriting Gadamer sets him in dialogue with Mahatma Gandhi, Christine Korsgaard, Charles Mills and others. In these ways, the volume holds fast to a Gadamerian virtue: cultivating our important philosophical traditions while embracing the constant need to re-think their meaning in new circumstances and in relation to new knowledge. Georgia Warnke is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Ideas and Society at the University of California, Riverside. Cover image: Hans-Georg Gadamer, 1999 (c) akg-images/Philipp Rothe Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.comReview Quotes
Georgia Warnke's Inheriting Gadamer brings together the voices of well-recognized scholars of Gadamer's hermeneutics and new, soon to be recognized more junior scholars to demonstrate just how relevant Gadamer's hermeneutics is and will continue to be. These essays renew the 'conversation that we are' (Gadamer) by taking it in unexpected and surprisingly contemporary directions.--Kathleen Wright, Haverford College
This book will, therefore, not only appeal to a philosopher's public, but it will equally capture the mind of anyone interested in contemporary common knowledge and its development.--Wilfried Vanhoutte "Philosophia, 2019"
About the Author
Georgia Warnke is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. She is also Director of the Center for Ideas and Society. She is the author of Gadamer: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason (Polity, 1987), Justice and Interpretation (MIT Press, 1993), Legitimate Differences: Interpretation in the Abortion Controversy and Other Public Debates (University of California Press, 1999), After Identity: Rethinking Race, Sex and Gender (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Debating Sex and Gender (Oxford University Press, 2010).