Overview
- Is the first book-length study of Gadamer s theory of context-dependence
- Is interpretative, analytical and critical, rather than descriptive and synthesizing in character
- Is relevant to philosophers, theologians, historians and art historians
- Addresses an issue that has repercussions for many branches of contemporary philosophy
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 90)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Context-dependence, reflection, emancipation
- Dilthey, Wilhelm
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
- Hermeneutical experience
- Historical consciousness and self-awareness
- Historical context as tradition
- Historiography, historical science, objectivity
- Presuppositions of thought
About this book
This book discusses Gadamer's theory of context-dependence. Analytical and partly critical, the book also shows exegetical accuracy in the rendering of Gadamer's position. It explores the following questions that Gadamer's theory of context-dependence tries to answer: in what way is thought influenced by and thus dependent on its historical context? To what extent and in what way is the individual able to become reflectively aware of and emancipate himself from this dependence? The book takes Gadamer's wide interests into account, e.g. issues relating to the history of historiography and the nature of art and aesthetic experience. The problem of the context-dependence of thought is prominent in contemporary philosophy, including the fields of structuralism, post structuralism, deconstruction, certain forms of feminist philosophy and the philosophy of science. In this sense, the book discusses an issue with wide repercussions.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Anders Odenstedt received a PhD in Philosophy at Umeå University in Sweden in 2001. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in philosophy at the Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, and also teaches aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Umeå. Odenstedt's research concerns German phenomenology and hermeneutics, aesthetics and the history of philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gadamer on Tradition - Historical Context and the Limits of Reflection
Authors: Anders Odenstedt
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59558-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59556-6Published: 18 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86650-5Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59558-0Published: 07 July 2017
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 240
Topics: Phenomenology, Epistemology