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Argues that Gadamers philosophical hermeneutics merits a radical reappraisal. This is the most enlightening introduction available to Gadamers philosophical hermeneutics. It redefines transcendence and translation in hermeneutical terms, but it goes substantially beyond this to offer an introduction to many other topics in philosophical hermeneutics. Richard E. Palmer, coeditor of Dialogue and The Gadamer-Derrida Encounter In Unquiet Understanding , Nicholas Davey reappropriates the radical content of Gadamers philosophical hermeneutics to reveal that it offers a powerful critique of Nietzsches philosophy of language, nihilism, and post-structuralist deconstructions of meaning. By critically engaging with the practical and ethical implications of philosophical hermeneutics, Davey asserts that the importance of philosophical hermeneutics resides in a formidable double claim that strikes at the heart of both traditional philosophy and deconstruction. He shows that to seek control over the fluid nature of linguistic meaning with rigid conceptual regimes or to despair of such fluidity because it frustrates hope for stable meaning is to succumb to nihilism. Both are indicative of a fai

Author

Nicholas Davey, Nicholas Davey

Publisher

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791468418

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities