Lorenzo C. Simpson

Hermeneutics as Critique

Science, Politics, Race, and Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Lorenzo C. Simpson offers a persuasive and powerful argument that hermeneutics is a valuable tool not only for critical theory but also for addressing many of the urgent issues of today. He shows its utility for unpacking intractable debates in the philosophy of science, multiculturalism, social epistemology, and racial and social justice.

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Produktdetails

• New Directions in Critical Theory
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780231196857
• ISBN-10: 0231196857
• Artikelnr.: 60692569

Autorenporträt

Lorenzo C. Simpson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Twin Earth and Its Horizons: On Hermeneutics, Reference, and Scientific
Theory Choice
2. Critical Fusions: Toward a Genuine "Hermeneutics of Suspicion"
3. Agency, the "Politics of Memory," and Reparative Justice: Hermeneutics
and the Politics of Development
4. Toward a Hermeneutics of Race: Biology, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
5. Concluding Reflections: Toward a New Reconciliation of Hermeneutics and
Critical Theory, or Notes Toward a Hermeneutic Democracy
Appendix: Toward a Hermeneutics of the Ethical Response
Notes
Bibliography
Index