Paul Ricoeur The Hermeneutics of Action [Paperback]

Paul Ricoeur's work is of seminal importance to the development of hermeneutics, phenomenology and ideology critique in the human sciences. This major volume assembles leading scholars to address and explain the significance of this extraordinary body of work.

Opening with three key essays from Ricoeur himself, the book offers a fascinating tour of his work ranging across topics such as the hermeneutics of action, narrative force, the other and deconstruction while discussing his work in the context of such contemporary figures as including Heidegger, L[ac]evinas, Arendt and Gadamer. Paul Ricoeur is also published as Volume 21 Issue 5//6 of Philosophy and Social Criticism.Paul Ricoeur's work is of seminal importance to the development of hermeneutics, phenomenology and ideology critique in the human sciences. This major volume assembles leading scholars to address and explain the significance of this extraordinary body of work.

Opening with three key essays from Ricoeur himself, the book offers a fascinating tour of his work ranging across topics such as the hermeneutics of action, narrative force, the other and deconstruction while discussing his work in the context of such contemporary figures as including Heidegger, L[ac]evinas, Arendt and Gadamer. Paul Ricoeur is also published as Volume 21 Issue 5//6 of Philosophy and Social Criticism.Introduction - Richard Kearney
PART ONE: ESSAYS BY PAUL RICOEUR
Reflections on a New Ethos for Europe
Fragility and Responsibility
Love and Justice
PART TWO: ESSAYS FOR PAUL RICOEUR
Ricoeur between Heidegger and L[ac]evinas - Peter Kemp
Gadamer and Ricoeur on the Hermeneutics of Praxis - Domenico Jervolino
Testimony and Attestation - Jean Greisch
Refiguring Ricoeur - Mara Rainwater
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