The life of understanding : a contemporary hermeneutics / James Risser.

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Risser, James, 1946-

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TextSeries: Studies in Continental thoughtPublication details: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780253002198
0253002192
9786613673497
6613673498

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life of Understanding : A Contemporary Hermeneutics.DDC classification:

121.686 121/.686 23

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BD241 .R498 2012eb

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Contents:

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Platonic Gestures; ONE: Memory and Life: Hermeneutics as Convalescence; TWO: Distressed Memory: Hermeneutics and the Venture of the Foreign; THREE: Beyond Distress: Toward a Community of Memory; FOUR: The Fabric of Life: Dialectics, Discourse, and the Art of Weaving; FIVE: Severed Threads: The Incapacity of Language; SIX: Reading beyond the Letter: On Memory and Writing; SEVEN: The Flash of Beauty; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

Summary: In Gadamer's hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one's way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for "the life of understanding" and "the understanding of life." Risser places Gadamer in dialogue with Plato, with the issue of memory as a conceptual focus. He develops themes pertaining.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In Gadamer's hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one's way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for "the life of understanding" and "the understanding of life." Risser places Gadamer in dialogue with Plato, with the issue of memory as a conceptual focus. He develops themes pertaining.

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