Gadamer and the Transmission of History

Download or read book Gadamer and the Transmission of History written by Jerome Veith and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observing that humans often deal with the past in problematic ways, Jerome Veith looks to philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and his hermeneutics to clarify these conceptions of history and to present ways to come to terms with them. Veith fully engages Truth and Method as well as Gadamer's entire work and relationships with other German philosophers, especially Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger in this endeavor. Veith considers questions about language, ethics, cosmopolitanism, patriotism, self-identity, and the status of the humanities in the academy in this very readable application of Gadamer's philosophical practice.