HEIDEGGER'S WAYS Hans-Georg Gadamer Translated by John W. Stanley With an Introduction by Dennis J. Schmidt "The volume brings together interpretations of Heidegger's thought by a sympathetic follower recognized as one of today's greatest living philosophers. Some of the fifteen essays, written over a period of about 25 years, look back to Gadamer's early days as a student under Heidegger. These are not abstruse musings over points of interest only to Heidegger specialists, but are engaging accounts of what Heidegger was up to, where he was coming from, and whether Gadamer agrees with it. I would say that Gadamer is recognized as a definitive German interpreter of Heidegger's thought." - Richard E. Palmer, MacMurray College The combination of author and subject matter found here makes an unusually interesting text on the Continental European Philosophy of the twentieth century. As Heidegger's former student, colleague and lifelong friend, Gadamer offers a particularly insightful commentary on Heidegger's thinking. Not only do the essays focus on Heidegger's thought, but they also often begin with a description of the philosophical scene in which he first appeared, giving the reader a genuine feel for the kind of impact he made. But the essays do not leave off in the past; rather, they lead into the present, giving Heidegger a voice which continues to have a revolutionary impact. The text does not only provide a commentary on Heidegger; it also provides a fascinating look at Gadamer himself. The narratives provide us with an intimate look at both the author and his hermeneutics at work, and his commentary on Heidegger's thought is a commentary on his own thought as well. Hans-Georg Gadamer is Professor Emeritus of the University of Heidelberg. He is well known for his development of hermeneutics in his magnum opus, Truth and Method, and for his hermeneutical studies of Plato, Hegel, Husserl, and Heidegger. John W. Stanley is Wissenschaftliche Hilffassistent in the Philosophy Department at Bonn University. A volume in the SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Dennis J. Schmidt, editor 192 pages (tent.) November 1993 $16.95 paperback ISBN 0-7914-1738-7 $49.50 hardcover ISBN 0-7914-1737-9 (n) Next Page (p) Previous Page (u) Menu (100%) View item number: V2 P Previous PageM Go To Main Menu? Help Screen N Next PageU Go Up A MenuQ Quit Receiving Information..- LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY IN DIALOGUE Essays in German Literary Theory Hans-Georg Gadamer Translated with an Introduction by Robert H. Paslick Hans-Georg Gadamer, the major proponent of philosophical hermeneutics, reveals himself here as a highly sensitive reader and critic of the German literary tradition. This is not the work of a specialist as narrowly defined in the typical literary study. Although he is a master of the techniques of criticism, Gadamer always sees the study of literature as a fundamentally human activity where human beings, generation after generation, pose their questions to an encroaching darkness that threatens to rob them of their confidence in the meaning life and death. Never pedantic or antiquarian, these studies show such literary giants of the German past as Goethe and H”lderlin as our contemporaries. Gadamer demonstrates his ability to achieve the creative interplay of literature and philosophy which, in isolation, easily degenerate into sterile academic games. Typical of this dialogue are essays on Rainer Maria Rilke, including an examination of a problem of punctuation in one of his poems. What would be, in less capable hands, (n) Next Page (p) Previous Page (u) Menu (68%) one more solution to a literary problem, turns out to be one of Gadamer's creative approaches to the mystery of man's relation to time and death. Robert H. Paslick is Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A volume in the SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Dennis J. Schmidt, editor 160 pages (tent.) November 1993 $14.95 paperback ISBN 0-7914-1736-0 $44.50 hardcover ISBN 0-7914-1735-2 (n) Next Page (p) Previous Page (u) Menu (100%)