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Self-Understanding and Lifeworld

Self-Understanding and Lifeworld Basic Traits of a Phenomenological Hermeneutics - Studies in Continental Thought

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What are the foundations of human self-understanding and the value of responsible philosophical questioning? Focusing on Heidegger's early work on facticity, historicity, and the phenomenological hermeneutics of factical-historical life, Hans-Helmuth Gander develops an idea of understanding that reflects our connection with the world and other, and thus invites deep consideration of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and deconstruction. He draws usefully on Husserl's phenomenology and provides grounds for exchange with Descartes, Dilthey, Nietzsche, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Foucault. On the way to developing a contemporary hermeneutical philosophy, Gander clarifies the human relation to self in and through conversation with Heidegger's early hermeneutics. Questions about reading and writing then follow as these are the very actions that structure human self-understanding and world understanding.

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ISBN: 9780253025555
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
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DEWEY: 193
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 430
Weight: 767g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 29mm