Gadamer : between Heidegger and Habermas / Ingrid Scheibler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheibler, Ingrid, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Habermas, Jürgen.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]

Summary:

One of the first book-length studies to examine Gadamer's relation to Heidegger in depth, Scheibler looks at the ways in which Gadamer positively appropriates central elements of Heidegger's work as well as the way he extends Heidegger's critique of Western metaphysics, avoiding and tacitly challenging some of the most problematical aspects of Heidegger's work. By examining two of the central concepts in Gadamer's work, tradition and language, and by analyzing Gadamer's relation to his mentor, Martin Heidegger, Sheibler successfully shows that far from being the conservative both modernist and post-modernist critics have accused him of being, Gadamer anticipates a number of concerns central to post-modern or post-structuralist thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index.

ISBN:

0847696960

0847696979

OCLC:

42652747