TY - GEN T1 - The life of understanding : a contemporary hermeneutics T2 - Studies in Continental thought. A1 - Risser, James, 1946- LA - English PP - Bloomington, IN PB - Indiana University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn796384111 AB - 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. OP - 153 CN - BD241 .R498 2012eb SN - 9780253002198 SN - 0253002192 SN - 9786613673497 SN - 6613673498 SN - 1280696532 SN - 9781280696534 SN - 0253002141 SN - 9780253002143 KW - Plato. KW - Gadamer, Hans-Georg, : 1900-2002. KW - Gadamer, Hans-Georg, : 1900-2002 KW - Plato KW - Hermeneutics. KW - Herméneutique. KW - hermeneutics. KW - PHILOSOPHY : Hermeneutics. KW - PHILOSOPHY : Movements : Phenomenology. KW - Hermeneutics ER -