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Certainly one of the key German philosophers of the twentieth
century, Hans-Georg Gadamer also influenced the study of
literature, art, music, sacred and legal texts, and medicine.
Indeed, while much attention has been focused on Gadamer's writings
about ancient Greek and modern German philosophy, the relevance of
his work for other disciplines is only now beginning to be properly
considered and understood. In an effort to address this slant, this
volume brings together many prominent scholars to assess,
re-evaluate, and question Hans-Georg Gadamer's works, as well as
his place in intellectual history. The book includes a recent essay
by Gadamer on 'the task of hermeneutics', as well as essays by
distinguished contributors including Jurgen Habermas, Richard
Rorty, Gerald Bruns, Georgia Warnke, and many others. The
contributors situate Gadamer's views in surprising ways and show
that his writings speak to a range of contemporary debates - from
constitutional questions to issues of modern art. A controversial
final section attempts to uncover and clarify Gadamer's history in
relation to National Socialism. More an investigation and
questioning than a celebration of this venerable and profoundly
influential philosopher, this collection will become a catalyst for
any future rethinking of philosophical hermeneutics, as well as a
significant starting place for rereading and reviewing Hans-Georg
Gadamer.
How do we stand in relation to everything that comes down to us
from the past? Is the very idea of tradition still useful in the
wake of historical ruptures, such as the Holocaust, changes in the
canon, and the end of colonialism? The concept of tradition has
gained renewed importance in recent cultural studies. Suspicion of
tradition as culturally narrow and oppressive is a persistent theme
of modernity and has increased lately with the resurgence of
religious traditionalism around the globe. At the same time,
various groups demanding recognition for their distinctive cultural
identity have reclaimed their traditions. Philosophers from Josiah
Royce and Hans-Georg Gadamer to Alasdair MacIntyre have explored
the relations between tradition and themes such as freedom,
community, self-assertion, originality, and the shared values and
interpretations that constitute everyday life. The essays in this
volume offer varying, even disparate analyses of religious,
literary, and cultural traditions and both responses and resistance
to them in a variety of philosophers, novelists, and theologians.
They examine works by Gadamer, Royce, MacIntyre, Plato, Jacques
Derrida, Charlotte Bronte, S'ren Kierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein,
Edith Wharton, Chinua Achebe, John Fowles, Heinrich Bsll, Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, Cotton Mather, Thomas Kuhn, Mikhail Bakhtin,
Donald Davidson, Antebellum African-American women preachers, and
Christian and Jewish thinkers in the wake of the Holocaust.
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