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Collected and translated by John B. Thompson, this collection of essays by Paul Ricoeur includes many that had never appeared in English before the volume's publication in 1981. As comprehensive as it is illuminating, this lucid introduction to Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory features his more recent writings on the history of hermeneutics, its central themes and issues, his own constructive position and its implications for sociology, psychoanalysis and history. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Charles Taylor, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this classic work has been revived for a new generation of readers.
. Unique to Cambridge, this classic book has been revived and rebranded for a twenty-first-century readership
. Features essays by Paul Ricoeur that were previously unavailable in the English language
. Offers a comprehensive introduction to Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory
. Features a specially commissioned preface written by Charles Taylor
Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005) was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century, most famous for his methodological approach of combining hermeneutics and phenomenology.
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Collected and translated by John B. Thompson, this collection of essays by Paul Ricoeur includes many that had never appeared in English before the volume's publication in 1981. As comprehensive as it is illuminating, this lucid introduction to Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory features his more recent writings on the history of hermeneutics, its central themes and issues, his own constructive position and its implications for sociology, psychoanalysis and history. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Charles Taylor, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this classic work has been revived for a new generation of readers.
. Unique to Cambridge, this classic book has been revived and rebranded for a twenty-first-century readership
. Features essays by Paul Ricoeur that were previously unavailable in the English language
. Offers a comprehensive introduction to Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory
. Features a specially commissioned preface written by Charles Taylor
Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005) was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century, most famous for his methodological approach of combining hermeneutics and phenomenology.
