Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Hermeneutics

A manifesto for the humanities in the digital age, A New Republic of Letters argues that the history of texts, together with the methods by which they are preserved and made available for interpretation, are the overriding subjects of humanist study in the twenty-first century. Theory and philosophy, which have grounded the humanities for decades, no longer suffice as an intellectual framework. Jerome McGann proposes we look instead to philology--a discipline which has been out of fashion for many decades but which models the concerns of digital humanities with surprising...

Ohne Martin Heideggers Sein und Zeit von 1927 lasst sich weder die Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts noch die philosophische Gegenwartsdiskussion verstehen. Wie kam es, dass sein innovativer Zugang zur Welt und zur menschlichen Existenz, sein neues Verstandnis von Zeit und Geschichte, Sorge und Tod, Alltaglichkeit und Verstehen sowie seine grundsatzliche Kritik an traditioneller Ontologie und Bewusstseinsphilosophie bereits die erste Schulergeneration zu wegweisenden Entwurfen inspirierte? Warum blieb das Werk Fragment? Wodurch ermoglichte es dennoch Rezeptionen, die bis in die...

Since its publication in 1952, Leo Strauss's Persecution and the Art of Writing has stirred considerable controversy, particularly among historians concerned with early modern philosophy. On the one hand, several scholars share his view that it would be inadequate to generally take at face value the explicit message of texts which were composed in an era in which severe sanctions were imposed on those who entertained deviating views. 'Reading between the lines' therefore seems to be the appropriate hermeneutical approach. On the other hand, the risks of such an interpretative...

Through a unique combination of theoretical scope and material, and historical, breadth The Hermeneutics of Suspicion poses an original investigation into our understanding of alterity in Indian literature and history, and significantly contributes to an emerging discourse on East-West literary relations.

Hans Georg Gadamer's notion of hermeneutical consciousness seeks to open up a cultural context through which to engage the other. It stands in opposition to the hermeneutics of suspicion advocated by recent popular theories, such as colonial discourse analysis,...