The Conflict of Interpretations

by Ricoeur, Paul; Ihde, Don; Dauenhauer, Bernard P.

• ISBN13: 9780810123977
• ISBN10: 0810123975
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-16
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

Summary

Incredible originality of thought in areas as vast as phenomenology, religion, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, intersubjectivity, language, Marxism, and structuralism has made Paul Ricoeur one of the philosophical giants of the twentieth century. The way in which Ricoeur approaches these themes makes his works relevant to the reader today: he writes with honesty and depth of insight into the core of a problem, and his ability to mark for future thought the very path of philosophical inquiry is nearly unmatched. The Conflict of Interpretations brings together twenty-two later essays by Ricoeur under the topics of structuralism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and phenomenology, the symbolism of evil, and religion and faith. Those interested in Ricoeur's development of the philosophy of language will find rich and suggestive reading. But the diversity of essays also reaches beyond the confines of philosophy to linguistics, theology, psychology, and psychoanalysis. This volume and the other new editions of Ricoeur's texts published by Northwestern University Press have joined the canon of contemporary continental philosophy and continue to contribute to emergent discussions in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the New Edition	p. ix
Editor's Introduction	p. xv
Existence and Hermeneutics	p. 3
Hermeneutics and Structuralism
Structure and Hermeneutics	p. 27
The Problem of Double Meaning as Hermeneutic Problem and as Semantic Problem	p. 62
Structure, Word, Event	p. 79
Hermeneutics and Psychoanalysis
Consciousness and the Unconscious	p. 99
Psychoanalysis and the Movement of Contemporary Culture	p. 121
A Philosophical Interpretation of Freud	p. 160
Technique and Nontechnique in Interpretation	p. 177
Art and Freudian Systematics	p. 196
Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
Nabert on Act and Sign	p. 211
Heidegger and the Question of the Subject	p. 223
The Question of the Subject: The Challenge of Semiology	p. 236
The Symbolism of Evil Interpreted
"Original Sin": A Study in Meaning	p. 269
The Hermeneutics of Symbols and Philosophical Reflection: I	p. 287
The Hermeneutics of Symbols and Philosophical Reflection: II	p. 315
The Demythization of Accusation	p. 335
Interpretation of the Myth of Punishment	p. 354
Religion and Faith
Preface to Bultmann	p. 381
Freedom in the Light of Hope	p. 402
Guilt, Ethics, and Religion	p. 425
Religion, Atheism, and Faith	p. 440
Fatherhood: From Phantasm to Symbol	p. 468
Bibliography	p. 499
Index	p. 507
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