LEADER 02672nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910462442503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-69653-2 010 $a9786613673497 010 $a0-253-00219-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205621 035 $a(EBL)816842 035 $a(OCoLC)796384111 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678195 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368287 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678195 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10727022 035 $a(PQKB)11779281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC816842 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL816842 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569641 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367349 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205621 100 $a20120312d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life of understanding$b[electronic resource] $ea contemporary hermeneutics /$fJames Risser 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Continental thought 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-00214-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPlatonic 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. 330 $aIn Gadamer's hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one's way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for ""the life of understanding"" and ""the understanding of life."" Risser places Gadamer in dialogue with Plato, with the issue of memory as a conceptual focus. He develops themes per 410 0$aStudies in Continental thought. 606 $aHermeneutics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHermeneutics. 676 $a121/.686 700 $aRisser$b James$f1946-$01023961 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462442503321 996 $aThe life of understanding$92433190 997 $aUNINA