In this historical introduction to philosophical hermeneutics, Jean Grondin discusses the major figures from Philo to Habermas, analyzes conflicts among various interpretive schools, and provides a persuasive critique of Gadamer's view of hermeneutic history, though in other ways Gadamer's "Truth and Method" serves as a model for Grondin's approach. Grondin begins with brief overviews of the pre-19th-century thinkers Philo, Origen, Augustine, Luther, Flacius, Dannhauer, Chladenius, Meier, Rambach, Ast, and Schlegel. Next he provides more extensive treatments of such major 19th-century figures as Schleiermacher, Bockh, Droysen, and Dilthey. There are full chapters devoted to Heidegger and Gadamer as well as shorter discussions of Betti, Habermas, and Derrida. Because he is the first to pay close attention to pre-Romantic figures, Grondin is able to show that the history of hermeneutics cannot be viewed as a gradual, steady progression in the direction of complete universalization. His book makes it clear that even in the early period, hermeneutic thinkers acknowledged a universal aspect in interpretation that long before Schleiermacher, hermeneutics was philosophical and not merely practical. In revising and correcting the standard account, Grondin's book is not merely introductory but revisionary, suitable for beginners as well as advanced students in the field.
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I found this overview of hermeneutics to be very useful in understanding the topic. The book covers the concept of hermeneutics and interpretation as it evolved over time (including pre-hermeneutics before it was called by the name.) Seeing how each new thinker added to the conceptualization of hermeneutics helped me to fully understand the conteporary theories in a way I had not been able to with other things I that have read.
The author was clear. When I was not familiar with the more academic words such as propaedeutic, once I looked up the definition I had no trouble understanding what the author was saying. This is not always the case with academic writing, and in this sense I feel the text was written in a simple and clear way. (google's define: command is excellent for looking up academic terms) The only chapter I struggled with was the one on Heidegger, but once the author moved on to Gadamaer I had no further difficulties. This is not a how to book on hermeneutics, but it does explain why heremeneutics is not about a how to approach.
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