A century of philosophy / Hans-Georg Gadamer in conversation with Riccardo Dottori

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dottori, Riccardo.

Standardized Title:

Lektion des Jahrhunderts. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers--Germany--Interviews.

Philosophers.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002--Interviews.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A philosophical and historical testament to the twentieth century, this volume consists of a wide-ranging series of interviews conducted in 1999/2000 between the then centenarian and his former assistant and associate of over thirty years, Riccardo Dottori. In the course of the interviews, Gadamer addresses-often critically-the work of a wide range of philosophers, including Heidegger, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Popper, Vico, Habermas, Rorty, and Derrida. With the possible exception of his autobiography, A Century of Philosophy is perhaps the most accessible expression of Gadamer's life and work in E

Contents:

Contents; Translator's Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Phronesis: A Philosophy of Finitude; 2. Ethics or Metaphysics; 3. Utilitarianism, Pragmatism, Pluralism (Calogero, Rorty, Popper); 4. Ethics or Rhetoric (Vico, Nietzsche, Derrida); 5. Metaphysics and Transcendence; 6. Ethics and Politics; 7. Tradition and Emancipation; 8. Philosophy in the Eye of the Storm; 9. Between Heidegger and Jaspers; 10. The Last God; Portrait and Dialogue; Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 10, 2020).

ISBN:

9786612452291

9780826418341

9786611298043

9781282452299

1282452290

9781441168061

1441168060

9781281298041

1281298042

9781847141170

184714117X

OCLC:

609838551