Hermeneutics, Tradition and Contemporary Change Lectures in Chennai/ Madras, India
- Washington Council for Research in Values and Philosophy 2003
- 99p
- Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series 1:Culture and Values; 200300ENGGPC3 .
includes index and biblioraphy
I. TRADITION AS LIVING VISION: HANS-GEORG GADAMER 1. Problems A. The Whole of Meaning and the Freedom of the Person B. Values and the Divine C. Historicity 2. Tradition A. Community and Discovery B. Time and Social Learning C. Authority D. A Classical Tradition 3. Application and Historicity A. Novelty B. Application: Technev. Ethics C. Prudence and Concern for Others 4. Hermeneutics A. A Dialectic of Whole and Part B. A Dialectic of Horizons C. A Dialectic of Question and Answer Conclusion II. TRADITION AND SOCIAL CRITIQUE: JURGEN HABERMAS 1. The Critical Effort A. Classical Realism B. Modem Criticism 2.Interest A. Interest and Liberation B. Epistemology C. Ontology 3. Openness A. Openness and the Means of Liberation B.Marx C. Freud Hermeneutics of Tradition and Contemporary Change III. THE RELATION OF CONTINUITY AND CRITIQUE: PAULRICOEUR 1. Epistemology A. Aristotle B. Rationalism 2. Problems in Social and Scientific Theory A. Social Problematics B. Scientific Problematic 3. A Dialectic of Tradition and Critique A. The Need for Critique B. The Need for Tradition IV. A DIALECTIC OF LIBERATION THROUGH HISTORY: PAUL TILLICH 1. Thesis: The Ground of Being A. Logos B. The Depth and Power of Being 2. Antithesis: Nonbeing A. Fall B. Anxiety C. Despair 3. Synthesis A. Sign Event B. Ecstacy C. Awareness and Content: Tradition as Certainty and Risk