02638nam 2200577Ia 450 991079037380332120230801223306.01-280-69653-297866136734970-253-00219-2(CKB)2670000000205621(EBL)816842(OCoLC)796384111(SSID)ssj0000678195(PQKBManifestationID)11368287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678195(PQKBWorkID)10727022(PQKB)11779281(MiAaPQ)EBC816842(MdBmJHUP)muse18209(Au-PeEL)EBL816842(CaPaEBR)ebr10569641(CaONFJC)MIL367349(EXLCZ)99267000000020562120120312d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe life of understanding[electronic resource] a contemporary hermeneutics /James RisserBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (154 p.)Studies in Continental thoughtDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00214-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Platonic gestures -- Memory and life: hermeneutics as convalescence -- Distressed memory: hermeneutics and the venture of the foreign -- Beyond distress: toward a community of memory -- Fabric of life: dialectics, discourse, and the art of weaving -- Severed threads: the incapacity of language -- Reading beyond the letter: on memory and writing -- Flash of beauty.In Gadamer's hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one's way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for ""the life of understanding"" and ""the understanding of life."" Risser places Gadamer in dialogue with Plato, with the issue of memory as a conceptual focus. He develops themes perStudies in Continental thought.HermeneuticsHermeneutics.121/.686Risser James1946-1531705MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790373803321The life of understanding3777580UNINA