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Hermeneutics as a general methodology of the sciences of the spirit
Uniform Title
Hermeneutik als allgemeine Methodik der Geisteswissenschaften. English.
Title
Hermeneutics as a general methodology of the sciences of the spirit / Emilio Betti.
ISBN
9780367481360
0367481367
9781003157236
9781000365054
9781000365009
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Physical Description
xxvii, 75 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published in German by J.C.B.Mohr, 1962.
Summary
"With a Foreword by Lars Vinx, this book is the first complete English translation of the Italian jurist, Emilio Betti's classic work Die Hermeneutik als allgemeine Methodik der Geisteswissenschaften, originally published in 1962. Betti's hermeneutical theory is presented here as a 'general methodology of the sciences of the spirit', such as to allow the achievement of objectivity, however relative it might be. Its central focus is the tension between an object, to be considered in its autonomy, and the subjectivity of the interpreter, who can understand the object only by means of his or her own categories, historical-cultural conditions, and interests. Set against the work of Bultmann and Gadamer, Betti is concerned to limit the arbitrariness of subjectivity without diminishing the place of interpretation. Detailing the principles that govern, and therefore, guide any interpretation, Betti traces how interpretation in art and in literature, as well as in the fields of science, jurisprudence, sociology, and economy, can be said to be objective, albeit only ever in a relative sense. This summa of Betti's key contribution to hermeneutic theory will be of interest across a range of disciplines, including legal and literary theory, philosophy, as well as the history and sociology of law"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Betti, Emilio, 1890-1968. Hermeneutik als allgemeine Methodik der Geisteswissenschaften. English Hermeneutics as a general methodology of the sciences of the spirit Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2021
Series
Law and politics: continental perspectives.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Some untidy reflections on Betti-Gadamer debate / Lars Vinx
Editorial preface / Giorgio A. Pinton
Hermeneutical problematics in contemporary consciousness
Objectivations of the spirit
Representative forms
Representative function & expressive value
To interpret and to understand
The act of interpretation as a triadic process
Inversion of the creative process and transposition into one another subjectivity
The directives of interpretation: the canon of the hermeneutical autonomy of the object
The canon of the coherence of meanings (the principle of totality)
Analogy and integrative development
Canon of the actuality of understanding
Vital rapport with the subject-matter & the direction of the inquiry
Is it possible to achieve the objectivity of the historical phenomena?
The function of sensibility for the values proper of the historian: the value-relating interpretation
The answer to the proposed historical question
Meaning of a historical phenomenon and its significance in the present
Dialog and monolog
Historical interpretation and attribution of an eschatological meaning
The risk of the denial of objectivity
Theological hermeneutics and demythologizing of the kerygma
Recent turn toward the historicity of understanding
The prejudices as the conditions of the understanding
Existential foundation of the hermeneutic circle
The problem of the correctness of the understanding
Historical understanding as mediation of past and the present
Claim of a practical application of interpretation
The mentioned claim is justified only if the interpretation is normatively oriented
Canon of the hermeneutical correspondence of meaning (adequation of meaning in understanding)
The character as a work of historical forms of life proposes a problematics of the higher grade
The technical morphologic interpretation in rapport to the prospected problems of formation
Context of meanings & styles as products of the autonomy of the spiritual human faculties.
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