From Text to Action: Essays in Hermeneutics, II (Studies in Phenomenology and Existenial Philosophy) [Paperback]

Paul Ricoeur (Author), Kathleen Blamey (Translator), John B. Thompson (Translator), Richard Kearney (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0810123991 | ISBN-13: 978-0810123991 | Publication Date: September 13, 2007

This collection of essays is a sequel to Ricoeur's earlier volume, "The Conflict of Interpretations: Essays in Hermeneutics 1" (1969, English edition 1989, Athlone). "From Text to Action" follows an original line of thought, passing from phenomenology to hermeneutics (defined by Ricoeur as "the general theory of interpretation") and from the hermeneutics of the text to the hermeneutics of action. It draws on the thought of Dilthey, Heidegger and Gadamer and incorporates ideas from the Social Sciences, the Philosophy of Language and Political Philosophy. The author, Paul Ricoeur, is a leading French thinker in the philosophy of language. His translated works include "The Symbolization of Evil" (1969) and "The Conflict of Interpretations" (Athlone, 1989).

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Paul Ricoeur was a leading French thinker best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. His first major work was Philosophy of Will published in the UK in 1980. Other translated works include The Symbolization of Evil and The Conflict of Interpretations. Born in 1913 he was a professor at Nanterre and Strasbourg. In 2004, he was awarded the second John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences (shared with Jaroslav Pelikan). Ricoeur died in 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press (September 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810123991
• ISBN-13: 978-0810123991
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