Combines phenomenology with the "enactivist" approach to consciousness theory and recent emotion research to explore the way self-motivated action plans shape selective attention, exploration, and ultimately the mind's interpretation of reality - in philosophy, psychology, cultural awareness, and our personal lives.

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms.

Uses a comparative hermeneutical method to explain the most important terms in the classical Confucian philosophical texts, in an effort to allow the tradition to speak on its own terms.

Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.

A holistic reinterpretation of Santayana’s thought in terms of a dramatic philosophy of life.

An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo's conception of weak thought.

Essays address the major themes of Pareyson’s hermeneutic philosophy in the context of his existentialist approach to personhood.

Advances a hermeneutic conception of truth as a mode of being, in dialogue with Aristotle, Nietzsche, Gadamer, Heidegger, Putnam, and Rorty.

Engages the work and career of the philosopher Hugh J. Silverman.

Proposes that cinematic time is not a fixed idea, but a dynamic exchange between film and viewer.

An assessment and reevaluation of nihilism’s ascendency over metaphysics.

A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.

A rich hermeneutic account of the way virtue is understood and developed.

A new reading of justice engaging the work of two philosophical poets who stand in conversation with the work of Martin Heidegger.

Foundational collection on one of the most influential concepts to emerge from contemporary Italian philosophy.

A hermeneutics of language after Auschwitz.

Expanded new edition of a classic examination of the psychological roots of our ecological crisis.

A practical hermeneutics of time.

Appearing for the first time in English, Günter Figal’s groundbreaking book in the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics offers original perspectives on perennial philosophical problems.

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

A cross-cultural work which reinvigorates the consideration of enlightenment.

Takes Heidegger’s later thought as a point of departure for exploring the boundaries of post-conceptual thinking.

Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.

This second edition of the author's classic study of Kant's First Critique includes a new preface and extensive afterword.

Leading scholars address Paul Ricoeur's last major work, Oneself as Another.

Conceptualizes the question of witness and responsibility, following the Holocaust, using continental philosophy, theology, and literary theory.

Constitutes a thoughtful survey of contemporary hermeneutics in its historical context.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Examines the history, philosophy and hermeneutics, and law and literature of formative Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Explores the contributions to interpretive sociology of major Continental social theorists and examines the ways in which these individuals enrich our understanding of the art of being human.

This book provides an introduction to the historical sources of philosophical hermeneutics as it has come to fruition in the work of Heidegger and Gadamer.

Hans-Georg Gadamer, the major proponent of philosophical hermeneutics, reveals himself here as a highly sensitive reader and critic of the German literary tradition. This is not the work of a specialist ...

Opens up new dimensions in the philosophical thought of Merleau-Ponty and addresses contemporary issues concerning interpretation theory and postmodernity.

This book engages and clarifies concepts crucial to Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, including the concepts of effective-history, tradition, dialogue, and language. Festivals of Interpretation ...

"The world is as we interpret it. " Arguing that this assumption is a major and pervasive error, Neville demonstrates that the world is the measure of our interpretations. Distinguishing two traditions ...

Entering the Circle addresses the practical and methodological aspects of research within the interpretive or hermeneutic perspective. It contains descriptions of exemplary interpretive research projects ...