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Gadamer on Tradition - Historical Context and the Limits of Reflection

Gadamer on Tradition - Historical Context and the Limits of Reflection

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to Phenomenology, Book 90

Philosophy

ISBN10: 3319595563
ISBN13: 9783319595566
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 18 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book discusses Gadamer's theory of context-dependence. Analytical and partly critical, the book also shows exegetical accuracy in the rendering of Gadamer's position. It explores the following questions that Gadamer's theory of context-dependence tries to answer: in what way is thought influenced by and thus dependent on its historical context? To what extent and in what way is the individual able to become reflectively aware of and emancipate himself from this dependence? The book takes Gadamer's wide interests into account, e.g. issues relating to the history of historiography and the nature of art and aesthetic experience. The problem of the context-dependence of thought is prominent in contemporary philosophy, including the fields of structuralism, post structuralism, deconstruction, certain forms of feminist philosophy and the philosophy of science. In this sense, the book discusses an issue with wide repercussions.

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