The democratic theory of Hans-Georg Gadamer. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Darren Walhof.
• Authors: Walhof, Darren R, 1969-
• Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Paying Attention to Reality; 1.1 Plato's Cave and the Critique of Modern Theory; 1.2 Democratic Theory in a Hermeneutical Register; Chapter 2: Disclosing Truth; 2.1 Knowing the Good; 2.2 The Sedimentation of Truth in Language; 2.3 Truth as Unconcealedness; 2.4 Truth and Politics; Chapter 3: Conversation and Understanding; 3.1 Gadamer's Phenomenology of Conversation; 3.2 Risking Prejudices; 3.3 12 Angry Men; 3.4 The Epistemic Demands of Deliberative Democracy; 3.5 The Rhetorical Turn; 3.6 Rhetoric, Truth, and Democratic Dialogue Chapter 4: Tradition, Religion, and Democratic Citizenship; 4.1 Religion and the Public Sphere; 4.2 Gadamer on Tradition; 4.3 Conceptualizing Religion as Tradition; 4.4 Religious Identity and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship; Chapter 5: Solidarity, Friendship, and Democratic Hope; 5.1 Friendship; 5.2 Difference; 5.3 Solidarity; 5.4 Democratic Hope; Epilogue: Between Citizens; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.09; Political science; Communication in politics; Democracy; Political science -- Philosophy; Hermeneutics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Communication in politics; Democracy; Hermeneutics; Political science; Political science -- Philosophy; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- General; Philosophy -- Political; Philosophy -- Hermeneutics; Political structures: democracy; Political science & theory; Social & political philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Political theory; Political communication; Political science_xPhilosophy; Political Science -- History & Theory; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319468648; 3319468642
• Related ISBNs: 9783319468631
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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