Hans-Georg Gadamer on education, poetry, and history : applied hermeneutics

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Misgeld, Dieter, editor.

Nicholson, Graeme, editor.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.

SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg.

Philosophy.

Hermeneutics.

Philosophy and civilization.

Philosophers--Germany--Interviews.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages).

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In these essays, appearing for the first time in English, Gadamer addresses practical questions about recent politics in Europe, about education and university reform, and about the role of poetry in the modern world. This book also includes a series of interviews that the editors conducted in 1986. Gadamer elaborates on his experiences in education and politics, touching on the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the early Frankfurt School, Heidegger and the Nazis, university life in East Germany, and the prospects for Europe in the coming years.Hans-Georg Gadamer was probably Heidegger's leading interpreter in Germany, and in the 1950s and 1960s he became the world's leading exponent of hermeneutics. His hermeneutical theory explains how it is that ancient art and philosophy still speak to us today. His influential idea of the "fusion of horizons" also shows how it is that we understand what is remote form our own culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION

TRANSLATORS’ APPROACH

PART 1 The Philosopher in the University

Chapter 1 INTERVIEW: THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY AND GERMAN POLITICS. THE CASE OF HEIDEGGER

Chapter 2 ON THE PRIMORDIALITY OF SCIENCE: A RECTORAL ADDRESS

Chapter 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG, 1409—1959: A FORMER RECTOR COMMEMORATES THE 550TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING

Chapter 4 THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE

Chapter 5 THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY— YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

PART 2 Hermeneutics, Poetry, and Modern Culture

Chapter 6 INTERVIEW: WRITING AND THE LIVING VOICE

Chapter 7 ARE THE POETS FALLING SILENT?

Chapter 8 THE VERSE AND THE WHOLE

Chapter 9 HOLDERLIN AND GEORGE

Chapter 10 UNDER THE SHADOW OF NIHILISM*

Chapter 11 INTERVIEW: HISTORICISM AND ROMANTICISM

PART 3 Europe and the Humanities

Chapter 12 INTERVIEW: THE 1920s, 1930s, AND THE PRESENT: NATIONAL SOCIALISM, GERMAN HISTORY, AND GERMAN CULTURE

Chapter 13 THE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION OF JUDAISM

Chapter 14 NOTES ON PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

Chapter 15 THE LIMITATIONS OF THE EXPERT

Chapter 16 THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN HUMANITIES

Chapter 17 CITIZENS OF TWO WORLDS

Chapter 18 THE DIVERSITY OF EUROPE: INHERITANCE AND FUTURE

SOURCES

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438413280

1438413289

9780585064543

0585064547