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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451233403321

Autore

Simms Karl

Titolo

Paul Ricoeur / / Karl Simms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-56213-6

1-134-56214-4

0-203-16550-0

1-280-07023-4

0-415-23637-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical thinkers

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Paul Ricoeur; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Why Ricoeur?; Key Ideas; 1. Good and Evil; 2. Hermeneutics; 3. Psychoanalysis; 4. Metaphor; 5. Narrative; 6. Ethics; 7. Politics and Justice; After Ricoeur; Further Reading; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Paul Ricoeur is one of the most wide-ranging thinkers to emerge in the twentieth century. He has developed a unique 'theory of reading' or hermeneutics, which extends far beyond the reading of literary works to build into a theory for the reading of 'life'. For this reason, his work has impacted not only upon literary studies, but upon such disciplines as philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, religion, legal studies and politics.This introductory guide:* details Ricoeur's most significant contributions to contemporary critical thought* provides an intellectual context to hi