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THE POWER OF DIALOGUE
CRITICAL HERMENEUTICS AFTER GADAMER AND FOUCAULT |
| By: |
Hans Herbert Kogler, Paul Hendrickson (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£6.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262611481 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262611480 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
22 January, 1999 |
| Series: |
Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
At the book's core is the question of how social power shapes and influences meaning and how the process of interpretation, whileimplicated in social forms of power, can nevertheless achievereflective distance and a critique of power. |
| Synopsis: |
translated by Paul Hendrickson Exemplifying a fruitful fusion of French and German approaches to social theory, The Power of Dialogue transforms Habermas's version of critical theory into a new "critical hermeneutics" that builds on both Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and Foucault's studies of power and discourse.Kogler argues for a middle way between Gadamer's concept of interpretation as dialogue (which has been faulted for its strong focus on the agent's own self-understanding) and Foucault's conceptualization of the structure of discourse and the practices of power (which has been faulted for neglecting the role of individual subjectivity and freedom in social interaction).At the book's core is the question of how social power shapes and influences meaning and how the process of interpretation, while implicated in social forms of power, can nevertheless achieve reflective distance and a critique of power. It offers an original perspective on such issues as the impact of prejudice and cultural background on scientific interpretation, the need to understand others without assimilating their otherness, and the "truth" of interpretation. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
MIT Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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