Transforming the Hermeneutic Context: From Nietzsche to Nancy

by Gayle L. Ormiston, Alan D. Schrift

Overview

This book presents contemporary analyses of interpretation by some of the most prominent figures in contemporary philosophy and literary criticism. These essays question and transform traditional statements on the aims, methods, and techniques of interpretation.

The essays demonstrate how contemporary discussions of interpretation are necessarily sent back to the hermeneutic tradition. Emphasizing the importance of Friedrich Nietzsche's influence on the contemporary debates concerning current interpretive practices, this volume traces the differences in interpretive perspectives generated in the writings of Michel Foucault, Eric Blondel, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, Manfred Frank, Werner Hamacher, and Jean-Luc Nancy. The essays by Foucault, Blondel, Frank, Hamacher, and Nancy appear here for the first time in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791401354
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	09/20/1989
Series:	SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gayle L. Ormiston is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Kent State University. Alan D. Schrift is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Grinnell College.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Editors' Introduction

1. Interpretation

Friedrich Nietzsche

2. Nietzsche, Freud, Marx

Michel Foucault

3. Interpreting Texts With and Without Nietzsche

Eric Blondel

4. Psychoanalysis and the Polis

Julia Kristeva

5. Sending: On Representation

Jacques Derrida

6. Derrida on Representation: A Postscript

Peter Caws

7. The Interpretation of a Text

Manfred Frank

8. Hermeneutic Ellipses: Writing the Hermeneutical Circle in Schleiermacher

Werner Hamacher

9. Sharing Voices

Jean-Luc Nancy

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Editorial Reviews

The Nancy of the title is not the cartoon character but a French philosopher, also enjoyable but certainly not funny. The essays presented here offer contemporary analyses of interpretation by prominent figures in philosophy and literary criticism, including Foucault, Kristeva, and Derrida. Emphasizing the importance of Nietzsche's influence on contemporary debates about interpretative practice, the volume demonstrates that current discussions of interpretation are necessarily sent back to the hermeneutic tradition. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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