On Paul Ricoeur: The Owl of Minerva

by Kearney,Richard

• ISBN13: 9780754650188
• ISBN10: 0754650189
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Paul Ricoeur is one of the giants of contemporary continental philosophy and one of the most enduring and wide-ranging thinkers in the twentieth century, publishing major works ranging from existentialism and phenomenology to psychoanalysis, politics, religion and the theory of language.Richard Kearney offers a critical engagement with the work of Ricoeur, beginning with a general introduction to his hermeneutic philosophy. Part one explores some of the main themes in Ricouer's thought under six headings: phenomenology and hermeneutics; language and imagination; myth and tradition; ideology and utopia; evil and alterity; poetics and ethics. The second part comprises five dialogical exchanges which Kearney has conducted with Ricoeur over the last three decades (1977-2003), charting and explaining his intellectual itinerary. This book is aimed at a broad student readership as well as the general intelligent reader interested in knowing more about one of the most enduring major figures in contemporary continental philosophy.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ricoeur's Philosophical Journey	1	(10)
Part One	11	(104)
Between Phenomenology and Hermeneutics	13	(22)
Between Imagination and Language	35	(24)
Between Myth and Tradition	59	(16)
Between Ideology and Utopia	75	(16)
Between Good and Evil	91	(8)
Between Poetics and Ethics	99	(16)
Part Two	115	(56)
Myth as the Bearer of Possible Worlds	117	(10)
The Creativity of Language	127	(18)
Universality and the Power of Difference	145	(6)
Imagination, Testimony and Trust	151	(6)
On Life Stories	157	(14)
Conclusion	171	(6)
Select Bibliography of Works	177	(2)
Paul Ricoeur
Index	179