{"product_id":"the-life-of-understanding-a-contemporary-hermeneutics-hardcover","title":"The Life of Understanding: A Contemporary Hermeneutics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Risser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Gadamer's hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one's way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for \"the life of understanding\" and \"the understanding of life.\" Risser places Gadamer in dialogue with Plato, with the issue of memory as a conceptual focus. He develops themes pertaining to hermeneutics such as retrieval as a matter of convalescence, exile as a venture into the foreign, formation with respect to oneself and to life with others, the experience of language in hermeneutics, and the relationship between speaking and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Risser is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHermeneutics and the Voice of the Other: Re-reading Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eHeidegger Toward the Turn: Essays on the Work of the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e. He is editor (with Walter Brogan) of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Continental Philosophy: A Reader \u003c\/i\u003e(IUP, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725308162355,"sku":"9780253002143","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Al211DkHhM9780253002143.webp?v=1763708323","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-life-of-understanding-a-contemporary-hermeneutics-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}