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Book SynopsisCertainly 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. This book brings together many prominent scholars to assess, re-evaluate, and question Hans-Georg Gadamer's works, as well as his place in intellectual history.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction. From Word to Concept: The Task of Hermeneutics as Philosophy Hans-Georg Gadamer, translated by Richard E. Palmer I. GADAMER'S INFLUENCE 1. After Historicism, Is Metaphysics Still Possible? On Hans-Georg Gadamer's 100th Birthday Jurgen Habermas, translated by Paul Malone 2. Being That Can Be Understood Is Language Richard Rorty 3. On the Coherence of Hermeneutics and Ethics: An Essay on Gadamer and Levinas Gerald L. Bruns 4. Gadamer and Romanticism Andrew Bowie 5. Literature, Law, and Morality Georgia Warnke 6. A Critique of Gadamer's Aesthetics Michael Kelly II. GADAMER AND DIALOGUE 7. On Dialogue: To Its Cultured Despisers Donald G. Marshall 8. Gadamer's Philosophy of Dialogue and Its Relation to the Postmodernism of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, and Strauss Ronald Beiner 9. Meaningless Hermeneutics? Joel Weinsheimer III. GADAMER IN QUESTION 10. Radio Nietzsche, or, How to Fall Short of Philosophy Geoff Waite 11. The Art of Allusion: Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical Interventions under National Socialism Teresa Orozco, translated by Jason Gaiger 12. On the Politics of Gadamerian Hermeneutics: A Response to Orozco and Waite Catherine H. Zuckert 13. The Protection of the Philosophical Form: Response to Zuckert Teresa Orozco, translated by Paul Malone 14. Salutations: Response to Zuckert Geoff Waite Contributors Index
