Description
This book offers new perspectives on the historical origins and contemporary challenges of modern hermeneutics through a detailed exploration of Herder's Enlightenment philosophy.
About the Author
Kristin Gjesdal is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, Philadelphia. She is author of Gadamer and the Legacy of German Idealism (Cambridge, 2009), editor of Key Debates in Nineteenth-Century European Philosophy (2016), and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (2015) and The Cambridge Companion to Hermeneutics (with Michael N. Forster, Cambridge, 2019).
Reviews
'Herder's hermeneutic philosophy is an important contribution to our understanding of hermeneutics as a peculiarly historical mode of philosophical practice. Gjesdal lucidly demonstrates the implications that Herder's focus on the historical dimension of language and culture has for philosophy itself, with hermeneutics emerging as a way of philosophising with particular relevance for today.' Paul Redding, University of Sydney
'What distinguishes Gjesdal's approach from the existing body of scholarship is the meticulous attention she pays to the origins, transdisciplinary directions, and educational objectives of Herder's hermeneutics ... It makes a major contribution to our improved understanding of a key eighteenth-century figure whose wide-ranging intellectual output and contemporary relevance deserve a much broader English-speaking audience.' Ulrike Wagner, Monatshefte
'Herder's Hermeneutics is a rich and rewarding work that makes an invaluable contribution to both Herder scholarship and philosophical hermeneutics. As such, it is essential reading for scholars and students of hermeneutics, aesthetics, and European philosophy.' Kurt C. M. Mertel, Journal of the History of Philosophy
Book Information
ISBN 9781107533165
Author Kristin Gjesdal
Format Paperback
Page Count 245
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 450g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm * 15mm