Gadamer's Century: Essays in Honor of Hans-Georg Gadamer

by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Book Overview

Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer has made major contributions to aesthetic theory, Plato and Hegel studies, humanistic studies, and the philosophy of history. A student of Martin Heidegger, Gadamer took up and developed a number of central Heideggerian insights. He also had productive public debates with contemporaries such as Emilio Betti and J rgen Habermas. The shape of contemporary hermeneutics is due almost entirely to Gadamer's influence, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262632470
• ISBN13: 9780262632478
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher