Gadamer\u27s Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics

Gadamer\u27s Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics, in Gadamer and Ricoeur: Critical Horizons for Contemporary. The rhetorical dimensions of Gadamer\u27s philosophical hermeneutics have not been fully developed by his commentators, resulting in an overly conservative rendering of his philosophy. Drawing out the rhetorical features of his work, we find that Gadamer regards textual interpretation as a rhetorical accomplishment. This characterization leads to a rich conception of critical hermeneutics. The chapter develops Gadamer\u27s rhetorical hermeneutics by contrasting his approach with Paul Ricoeur\u27s famous intervention in the Gadamer-Habermas debate, and looks to Gadamer\u27s account of legal practice as a manifestation of critical hermeneutics in action.https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/facultybooks/1015/thumbnail.jp