Hermeneutics as Critique: Science, Politics, Race, and Culture

by Lorenzo C Simpson

Hermeneutics has frequently been dismissed as useful only for literary and textual analysis. Some consider it to be Eurocentric or inherently relativistic and thus unsuited to social critique. Lorenzo C. Simpson offers a persuasive and powerful argument that hermeneutics is a valuable tool not only for critical theory but also for robustly addressing many of the urgent issues of today.

Simpson demonstrates that hermeneutics exhibits significant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231196849
• ISBN13: 9780231196840
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"