The relationship between these two central theoretical and philosophical approaches, which we thought we knew, is more complex and interesting than our standard story might suggest. It is not always clear how hermeneutics—that is, post-Heideggerian hermeneutics as articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, and a large number of thinkers working under their influence—regards the phenomenological tradition, be it in its Husserlian or various post-Husserlian formulations. This volume inquires into this issue both in general, conceptual terms and through specific analyses into questions of ontology and metaphysics, science, language, theology, and imagination. With a substantial editors’ introduction, the volume contains 15 chapters, from some of the most significant scholars in this field covering the essential questions about the history, present and future of these two disciplines. The volume will be of interest to any philosopher or student with an interest in developing a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of contemporary hermeneutics and phenomenology.
The relationship between these two central theoretical and philosophical approaches, which we thought we knew, is more complex and interesting than our standard story might suggest. It is not always clear how hermeneutics—that is, post-Heideggerian hermeneutics as articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, and a large number of thinkers working under their influence—regards the phenomenological tradition, be it in its Husserlian or various post-Husserlian formulations. This volume inquires into this issue both in general, conceptual terms and through specific analyses into questions of ontology and metaphysics, science, language, theology, and imagination. With a substantial editors’ introduction, the volume contains 15 chapters, from some of the most significant scholars in this field covering the essential questions about the history, present and future of these two disciplines. The volume will be of interest to any philosopher or student with an interest in developing a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of contemporary hermeneutics and phenomenology.
Introduction Paul Fairfield and Saulius Geniusas Part 1: Figures 1. Hegel, Hermeneutics, and Phenomenology, Tom Rockmore, Peking University, China 2. Dilthey’s Path: From the Legacy of Boeckh and Droysen to the Foundation of the Human Sciences on a Hermeneutical Logic of Life, Jean-Claude Gens, University of Bourgogne, France 3. Husserl’s Hermeneutics: From Intuition of Lived Experiences to the Horizonal Life-World, Dermot Moran, University College Dublin, Ireland 4. Towards a Primordial, Pretheoretical Science: The Hermeneutical Turn of Phenomenology in the Young Heidegger’s Thought, Sophie-Jan Arrien, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 5. Gadamer and the Philosophy of Science, Lawrence Schmidt, University of Chicago, USA 6. Ricoeur’s Unrecognized Debt to Merleau-Ponty, John Arthos, Indiana University Bloomington, USA 7. The Stuff that Dreams are Made of: Max Scheler and Paul Ricoeur on Productive Imagination, Saulius Geniusas, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Part 2: Themes 8. Phenomenology as Hermeneutics, Kevin Hart, University of Virginia, USA 9. What ‘Phenomenon’ for Hermeneutics? Remarks on the Hermeneutical Vocation of Phenomenology, Claudio Majolino and Aurélien Djian, University of Lille, France 10. Phenomenology and the Givenness of the Hermeneutic Circle, James Mensch, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 11. The Metaphysical Dimension of Hermeneutics, Jean Grondin, University of Ottawa, Canada 12. Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Religion: Restoring the Fullness of Knowing, Jens Zimmerman, Trinity Western University, Canada 13. Traces of Endings: Interpreting Absence Phenomenologically, Felix Murchadha, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland 14. Hermeneutics, Pragmatism, and Foucault, Carlos Prado, Queen's University, Canada 15. Hermeneutics and the Critique of Globalization, Gianni Vattimo, independent scholar Index
A nuanced exploration of the historical and contemporary relationship between two major theoretical and philosophical approaches in continental philosophy.
Saulius Geniusas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author or editor of several books and anthologies, including The Origins of the Horizon in Husserl’s Phenomenology (2012), Stretching the Limits of Productive Imagination (2018). Paul Fairfield is Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, Canada. He is the author of nine sole-authored books and editor or co-editor of five anthologies. His writings cover themes in philosophical hermeneutics, phenomenology, and pragmatism.
Geniusas and Fairfield have assembled an exceptional collection
that frames a key problem about the relation between hermeneutics
and phenomenology, and reopens this topic on multiple fronts.
Indeed, I have the highest praise for this volume. Its contribution
could, perhaps, never have been more timely than today.
*Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*
Although central to the development of twentieth century European
thought, the relation between hermeneutics and phenomenology has
been surprisingly little addressed. Under the direction of
Fairfield and Geniusas, the contributors to this volume do an
important service in opening up the issues at stake here. Combining
historical reflection with contemporary analysis, offering a broad
range of topics and approaches, and including essays by many of the
key figures across both fields, the volume offers a rich source of
material for students and researchers alike.
*Jeff Malpas, Distinguished Professor, University of Tasmania,
Australia*
This extended comparison of hermeneutics and phenomenology lets the
reader see afresh what is specific to each current, and how they
have interacted and pulled apart. The editors have assembled
thorough treatments of the most famous advocates of both schools,
but also with generous treatments of less prominent philosophers
from the 19th to the 21st Century. In carrying this project out,
the book treats the central questions of philosophy: historical
thinking vs. systematic reason; realism vs. idealism; the
hermeneutical circle and the scientific method; the relation of
philosophy to art, literature and religion. The excellent articles,
by over a dozen authors, are accurate in exposition and
documentation.
*Graeme Nicholson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of
Toronto, Canada*
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