To Turn the Soul collects fourteen essays (three by Eva Brann) inspired by the life and thought of philosopher Jacob Kle......more

Philip Rieff’s social theory is at once a crucial tool in understanding the movements of contemporary culture, and a cha......more

Despite studying with Heinrich Rickert in Freiburg, Wilhelm Dilthey in Berlin, and Edmund Husserl in Göttingen, Wilhelm ......more

If in its simplest form, hermeneutics is a quest for understanding, then part of that quest will always include striving......more

This book aims to recast the way that philosophers understand rhetoric. Rather than follow most philosophers in conceivi......more

This text is the first comprehensive attempt in decades to integrate reading into the philosophical discussion of the sy......more

The Vattimo Dictionary presents an essential introduction in English to the philosophical thought of Gianni Vattimo, con......more

Argues that friendship is the gift of a world that is not one’s own and that transforms one’s world in unforseeable ways......more

Written by four hands, the current volume moves on two planes that fruitfully intersect and sometimes conflict in their ......more

How porous is the border between life and death? How do the dead influence the living and in what way? What can Heaven, ......more

Literature, Interpretation and Ethics argues for the centrality of hermeneutics in the context of ongoing debates about ......more

Literature, Interpretation and Ethics argues for the centrality of hermeneutics in the context of ongoing debates about ......more

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Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms....more

Exploring the relationship between hermeneutics and the arts, including painting, music, and literature, this book build......more

This book presents the first detailed treatment of Gadamer’s account of the nature of meaning. It argues both that this ......more

"The debate in Catholic theology over the relationship between the natural and the supernatural has only occasionally en......more

First published in 1988, Modern Anti-Realism and Manufactured Truth examines the forms of anti-realism which have sprout......more

This book offers a fresh look at Gadamer’s magnum opus, Truth and Method, which is widely recognized as a ground-breakin......more

Leo Strauss famously asserted that the fundamental, defining debate within Western civilization is that between Jerusale......more

This collection highlights the important role of the topic of revelation in the work of Paul Ricoeur. It discusses his b......more

How do words and images function hermeneutically? How does hermeneutic practice work? Answering these questions and more......more

This volume explores the connections between John McDowell’s philosophy and the hermeneutic tradition. The contributions......more

This book analyses how the three books of visions by Hildegard of Bingen use the allegorical vision as a form of knowled......more

This book challenges the standard view that modern hermeneutics begins with Friedrich Ast and Friedrich Schleiermacher, ......more

This book considers morality as a dynamic ecosystem that can change in response to its sociomaterial embedding. It parti......more

Argues that friendship is the gift of a world that is not one’s own and that transforms one’s world in unforseeable ways......more

"Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece" by Three Initiates offers a profound explorat......more

"Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece" by Three Initiates offers a profound explorat......more

This book delivers an unsettling but urgent message to all educators . . . Today, humanity finds itself on the cusp of a......more

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms....more

This book presents an experiential, aesthetic-affective approach to the study of institutions. Drawing on institutional ......more

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This book examines the meaning of some of the most basic terms we use in both confessional and secular discussion about ......more

"Joe Sachs is a national treasure. His brilliant translations from the Greek, spanning works from Homer to Aristotle, ha......more

This book claims that continental philosophy gives us a new understanding of digital technology, and software in particu......more

This book presents a collection of interrelated essays that analyze the theoretical foundations of semiotic-cultural con......more

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Leo Strauss famously asserted that the fundamental, defining debate within Western civilization is that between Jerusale......more

This book probes the texts of Paul Ricoeur and Edith Stein to disclose the role of silence in the creation of meaning. T......more

Uses a comparative hermeneutical method to explain the most important terms in the classical Confucian philosophical tex......more

This book discusses the ethical dimension of the interpretation of texts and events. Its purpose is not to address the n......more

This pioneering volume explores and exemplifies the relevance of psychoanalysis to contemporary philosophical problems. ......more

In the first book to examine the overlooked relationship between musical improvisation and philosophical hermeneutics, S......more

The first part of this collection, "Emerging Life," concentrates on the question of the origin in Husserlian phenomenolo......more

This book explores the meaning of the interpretive turn in the philosophy of the human sciences for a variety of contemp......more

This book analyses how the three books of visions by Hildegard of Bingen use the allegorical vision as a form of knowled......more

This book challenges the standard view that modern hermeneutics begins with Friedrich Ast and Friedrich Schleiermacher, ......more

WHAT IS HERMENEUTICS? The term "Hermeneutics" is in great demand in our times. Presently, it is one of the most attracti......more

Uses a comparative hermeneutical method to explain the most important terms in the classical Confucian philosophical tex......more

This book offers a new and original hypothesis on the origin of modal ontology, whose roots can be traced back to the ma......more

Drawing on a range of sources in philosophy and literature, but with particular reference to the work of Heidegger, make......more

This book presents an experiential, aesthetic-affective approach to the study of institutions. Drawing on institutional ......more

Television and the Embodied Viewer appraises the medium’s capacity to evoke sensations and bodily feelings in the viewer......more

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more

Hermeneutics, as a discipline of the humanities, is often assumed to be in thrall to the same subjectivity of every inte......more

This book offers a unique account of the role imagination plays in advancing the course of freedom’s actualization. It d......more

Providing a comprehensive engagement with the work of Hans-Herbert Kögler, this is the first volume to expand upon and c......more

In this original work, Steven DeLay, using a wide breadth of philosophical sources, articulates a view of selfhood which......more

Thomas Pfau’s study of images and visual experience is a tour de force linking Platonic metaphysics to modern phenomenol......more

In Pentecostal Hermeneutics in the Late Modern World, L. William Oliverio, Jr. offers a series of forays into the places......more

What would happen if structures, forms, and other stand-alone entities thought to comprise our intellectual toolkit-word......more

In drawing upon the work of Jacques Derrida, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger and aligning it with a new trend in int......more

This book focuses on Gertrude Stein, who wanted to capture ’this thing life’ in writing, and argues that Stein is linked......more

- Chap. 1. Massimo Campanini (Università di Trento), "Philosophical Commentaries on the Qur’an in the Twentieth Century:......more

This edited thematic collection features latest developments of discourse analysis in translation and interpreting studi......more

The Critical Circle investigates the celebrated hermeneutic circle, especially as it manifests itself in historical inqu......more

Courageous Conversations is our annual gathering that pairs black scholars, pastors, and thought leaders from progressiv......more

Reading as a Philosophical Practice asks why reading--everyday reading for pleasure--matters so profoundly to so many pe......more

What gives life its meaning? This question stands behind every philosophical inquiry, and philosophy itself arises from ......more

This book offers a fresh look at Gadamer’s magnum opus, Truth and Method, which is widely recognized as a ground-breakin......more

In The Cultural Roots of Strategic Intelligence, Gino LaPaglia argues that Strategic Intelligence is a core dynamic of h......more

Contemporary hermeneutics is an unavoidable, but deeply troubled, discipline. At the root of the problem is the classic ......more

Contemporary hermeneutics is an unavoidable, but deeply troubled, discipline. At the root of the problem is the classic ......more

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