TY  - BOOK
AU  - Risser,James
TI  - The life of understanding: a contemporary hermeneutics 
T2  - Studies in Continental Thought
SN  - 9780253002198 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BD241 .R498 2012eb
U1  - 121.686121/.686 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Bloomington, IN
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Plato.
KW  - Gadamer, Hans-Georg,
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In 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
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