Gadamer

Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason

Georgia Warnke

• Publisher: Polity
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780745669007
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers in the world today. His philosophical hermeneutics has had a major impact in a wide range of disciplines, including the social sciences, literary criticism, theology and jurisprudence. Truth and Method, his major work, is widely recognised to be one of the great classics of twentieth-century thought.

In this book Georgia Warnke provides a clear and systematic exposition of Gadamer's work, as well as a balanced and thoughtful assessment of his views. Warnke gives particular attention to the ways in which Gadamer's work has been taken up and criticised by literary critics, social theorists and philosophers, such as Hirsch, Habermas and Rorty. She thus provides an introduction to Gadamer which demonstrates the relevance of his work to current debates in a variety of disciplines.

This book will be invaluable to students and specialists throughout the humanities and social sciences, as well as to anyone who is interested in the most important developments in contemporary thought.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Hermeneutics and History
• 2 Hermeneutics and Authorial Intention
• 3 Hermeneutics and The Problem of Subjectivism
• 4 Hermeneutics and The Critique of Ideology
• 5 Hermeneutics and The “New Pragmatism”
• 6 Conclusion
• Notes
• Index