Ethics, Aesthetics and the Historical Dimension of Language: The Selected Writings of Hans-Georg Gadamer Volume II
Feb 2022 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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328
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About this ebook
Ethics, Aesthetics and the Historical Dimension of Language collects together Gadamer's most important untranslated writings on ethics, aesthetics and language.
With a substantial introduction by the editors exploring Gadamer's ethical project and providing an overview of his aesthetic work, this book collects Gadamer's writings on ancient ethics, including the moral philosophy of Aristotle, and on practical philosophy (first section). In the second section, Gadamer's writings on art are collected, including his examination of poetry, opera and painting among other art forms. The third section comprises Gadamer's essays on language in its historical dimension.
This important collection is a useful resource for scholars in philosophy, studying hermeneutics, continental, 20th-century and German philosophy.
With a substantial introduction by the editors exploring Gadamer's ethical project and providing an overview of his aesthetic work, this book collects Gadamer's writings on ancient ethics, including the moral philosophy of Aristotle, and on practical philosophy (first section). In the second section, Gadamer's writings on art are collected, including his examination of poetry, opera and painting among other art forms. The third section comprises Gadamer's essays on language in its historical dimension.
This important collection is a useful resource for scholars in philosophy, studying hermeneutics, continental, 20th-century and German philosophy.
About the author
Hans-Georg Gadamer was born on 11 February 1900 and died on 13 March 2002. He was the author, most notably, of Truth and Method, and, more recently, of The Beginning of Philosophy and The Beginning of Knowledge.
Arun Iyer is Professor of Philosophy at The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Pol Vandevelde is Professor of Contemporary French and German philosophy at Marquette University, USA.
Arun Iyer is Professor of Philosophy at The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Pol Vandevelde is Professor of Contemporary French and German philosophy at Marquette University, USA.
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