Title
Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics
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Description
Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics, in Gadamer and Ricoeur: Critical Horizons for Contemporary.
The rhetorical dimensions of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics have not been fully developed by his commentators, resulting in an overly conservative rendering of his philosophy. Drawing out the rhetorical features of his work, we find that Gadamer regards textual interpretation as a rhetorical accomplishment. This characterization leads to a rich conception of critical hermeneutics. The chapter develops Gadamer's rhetorical hermeneutics by contrasting his approach with Paul Ricoeur's famous intervention in the Gadamer-Habermas debate, and looks to Gadamer's account of legal practice as a manifestation of critical hermeneutics in action.
ISBN
9781441175991
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
Continuum
City
London; New York
Keywords
hermeneutics;
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Francis J. Mootz III,
Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics
(2011).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/facultybooks/11
Comments
Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics, in Gadamer and Ricoeur: Critical Horizons for Contemporary Hermeneutics (Francis J. Mootz, III and George H. Taylor, eds., Continuum, 2011).