Gadamer and the question of the divine Walter Lammi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lammi, Walter, author.

Series:

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gadamer and the Question of the Divine uncovers a neglected side of Gadamer's thought, namely his life-long concern with the question of the divine. Not only is this an issue of fundamental importance to philosophical hermeneutics, but it also contributes to what Gadamer considered to be the most urgent task of our time - a conceptual dialogue among religions. New grounds for toleration among communities must be found and Gadamer's study of the divine provides both a model and a starting-place for doing so. In setting forth a conceptual narrative for global dialogue about religious transcendence, Gadamer is the pre-eminent twentieth-century philosopher of the divine. Gadamer's study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. Walter Lammi shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks and suggests a path to questions of cosmology, temporality and religious experience

Contents:

Christian and Greek

Situating Gadamer philosophically

Wholes

Temporality and art

Art, religious experience, philosophy

Intellectualism

Introduction

1. Christian and Greek

2. Situating Gadamer Philosophically

3. Wholes

4. Temporality and Art

5. Art, Religious Experience, Philosophy

6. Intellectualism

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-188) and index

ISBN:

9786612871245

9781472546548

1472546547

9781282871243

1282871242

9781441108203

1441108203

OCLC:

676699678