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Paul Ricoeur (Routledge Critical Thinkers) by Karl Simms is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Paul Ricoeur is one of the most wide-ranging of thinkers alive today. Although nominally a philosopher, his work also cuts across the subjects of literary criticism, psychoanalysis, history, religion legal studies and politics. Its implications are even broader. Ricoeur works out a 'theory of reading' or hermeneutics, which extends far beyond the reading of literary works to build into a theory for the reading of 'life'. This volume looks at the contexts for Ricoeur's thought, his key ideas and their impact. These key ideas include: good and evil' hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, metaphor, narrative, ethics, politics and justice
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Karl Simms
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134562145
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (22 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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