Gadamer and the Legacy of German Idealism

Author:   Associate Professor of Philosophy Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University, Philadelphia Temple University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   235
Publication Date:   23 August 2010
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The philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer interests a wide audience that spans the traditional distinction between European (continental) and Anglo-American (analytic) philosophy. Yet one of the most important and complex aspects of his work - his engagement with German Idealism - has received comparatively little attention. In this book, Kristin Gjesdal uses a close analysis and critical investigation of Gadamers Truth and Method (1960) to show that his engagement with Kant, Hegel, and Schleiermacher is integral to his conception of hermeneutics. She argues that a failure to engage with this aspect of Gadamers philosophy leads to a misunderstanding of the most pressing problem of post-Heideggerian hermeneutics: the tension between the commitment to the self-criticism of reason, on the one hand, and the turn towards the meaning-constituting authority of tradition, on the other. Her study provides an illuminating assessment of both the merits and the limitations of Gadamers thought.

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Author:   Associate Professor of Philosophy Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University, Philadelphia Temple University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781282651470


ISBN 10:   1282651471
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   23 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Undefined
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Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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