208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ethics, particularly in the approaches of deconstruction and hermeneutics. At the same time, questions of identity have risen to prominence in philosophy and beyond into cultural studies and literature. Strong Hermeneutics is a clear and accessible investigation of both the enlightenment and postmodern or 'weak' approaches to contemporary... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The variety of hermeneutics; Chapter 2 Strong hermeneutics and the contingency of self; Chapter 3 Interpretation, practical reason and tradition; Chapter 4 Deep hermeneutics, emancipation and fate; Chapter 5 Communication and the contingency of language; Chapter 6 Strong hermeneutics and discourse ethics; Chapter 7 The ecological politics of strong hermeneutics;
Biography
Nicholas H. Smith is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney.
