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Deals with the hermeneutic work of Hans‐Georg Gadamer. It analyses the development of hermeneutic thinking, the focus on language, the critique of the Enlightenment and positivism, the role of dialogue in ethics and politics, and finally reviews the critical debates between Gadamer and Habermas. It maintains that Gadamer's approach offers profound insights into how we might reconceive of political theory in the future.
Keywords: dialogue; Enlightenment; ethics; fallibilism; Gadamer; Habermas; hermeneutic circle; hermeneutics; language; prejudice
Chapter. 13201 words.
Subjects: Political Theory
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