Originally published in 1978, this important work, by one of the leading European social theorists, is arguably the best introduction to the hermeneutic traditi
Hermeneutic philosophies of social science offer an approach to the philosophy of social science foregrounding the human subject and including attention to hist
By re-examining the writings of Gadamer and Habermas and their views of earlier interpretive theorists, this book offers a radical challenge to their idea of th
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 pub
This book explores the writings of Gadamer and Habermas on hermeneutics and the methodology of the social sciences. By re-examining their views of earlier inter