Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers in the world
today. Since the publication in 1960 of his magnum opus "Truth and
Method, " his philosophical hermeneutics has been the focus of a
great deal of attention and controversy. His ideas have been
applied to questions of interpretation in the study of art and
literature, to issues of knowledge and objectivity in the social
sciences, to related disputes in theology and jurisprudence, and
even to reevaluations of philosophy itself.
This book is a systematic introduction to Gadamer's work,
presented with a clarity of exposition and argument that makes it
rewarding to non-philosophers and philosophers alike. It is
constructed around a series of debates on historicism, authorial
intention, subjectivism, ideology, and the "New Pragmatism, " and
it pays particular attention to how Gadamer's work has been
interpreted and criticized by such philosophers as Hirsch,
Habermas, Apel, and Rorty. The dialogic form, which is in itself a
central feature of hermeneutic theory, gives the book an immediacy
that textual exegesis cannot achieve.
This is the first book in the series "Key Contemporary Thinkers,
" which will make available the ideas of some of the most
influential philosophers of our time. The series will cut across
academic disciplines and will include books on European, British
and American thinkers.
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