The Critical Circle
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The Critical Circle

Literature, History, and Philosophical Hermeneutics

  1. 190 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Critical Circle

Literature, History, and Philosophical Hermeneutics

About this book

The Critical Circle investigates the celebrated hermeneutic circle, especially as it manifests itself in historical inquiry and literary criticism. Formulated variously in different theories of hermeneutics, the circle generally describes how, in the process of understanding an interpretation, part and whole are related in a circular way: in order to understand the while, it is necessary to understand the parts, while to understand the parts it is necessary to have some comprehension of the whole. --from the Foreword This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. ONE Validity and the Author’s Intention: A Critique of E. D. Hirsch ’s Hermeneutics
  8. TWO The Nature of Understanding: Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics
  9. THREE Text and Context
  10. FOUR Truth and Criticism
  11. FIVE Hermes and Clio
  12. Notes
  13. Index