Introduction If we were to acknowledge the interpretive character of our public debates over some of the issues that concern us, we would secure a firm foundation for a deliberative form of democracy. For we would then talk and listen to one another with mutual respect, not simply because political theorists encourage us to do so, but because we recognize the interpretive status of our own posi...

In his article "Literary Studies from Hermeneutics to Media Culture Studies" Siegfried J. Schmidt discusses aspects of hermeneutics, the systemic and empirical (contextual) approach to literature and culture, radical constructivism, and his postulates for the field of media culture studies. Schmidt describes his understanding of the transformation of literary studies towards media culture studi...

With this article I offer a close reading of Gadamer’s Aesthetics and Hermeneutics. The reason draw attention to essay is as response criticism aimed at hermeneutic account art. In its reception, it has occasionally been viewed too hermeneutical, focused on understanding. maintain that Hermeneutics can be considered exempt from critique. Here, Gadamer offers us the experience in most aesthetic ...

Glossary Monograph: Double Helix This glossary was prepared under the guidance of Hans-Erik Nissen in collaboration with the authors of the papers in the monograph. It is a glossary of terms used in monograph Double Helix relationships in use and design of Informing Systems: Lessons to learn from phe-nomenology and hermeneutics

Hermeneutics, or the science of interpretation, is well accepted in the humanities. In the field of education, hermeneutics has played a relatively important role in understanding text. It is the task of this essay to introduce the theory and findings of Paul ricoeur’s hermeneutics. Specifically, the essay interprets the usefulness of ricoeur’s philosophy in understanding text (course text). Wi...