Schleiermacher

The “Christian” Assumptions of Secular Hermeneutics

by Karl Hand

Crucible 4:1 (April 2012)

The relationship between Christian theology and secular hermeneutics is complex, and it is questionable whether many... more The relationship between Christian theology and secular hermeneutics is complex, and it is questionable whether many of the discourses that draw on hermeneutic theory are consistent with the presuppositions hidden beneath the surface. This article demystifies the highly theologised debate between monism and pluralism within the discipline of hermeneutics, and criticises the way that this theology has been done. From a Christian perspective that is free from cumbersome theological categories, a simple, authentic interpersonal ethic is the most appropriate way to approach texts. The implications for scholarly praxis are explored with specific reference to John C. Mellon’s ‘recovery hermeneutic’ reading of Mark’s gospel.

Historical conscientious and hermeneutic

by Evandro O. Brito

Trans/Form/Ação
Print version ISSN 0101-3173
Trans/Form/Ação vol.28 no.2 Marília  2005

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-31732005000200010

The aim of this paper is to present the steps of Gadamer´s reform of Dilthey's hermeneutic (developed under the modern... more The aim of this paper is to present the steps of Gadamer´s reform of Dilthey's hermeneutic (developed under the modern concept of life experience, which was taken to be the grounding/basis of historical self-conscience) and to expose the new concepts of reason and human existence within Gadamer's theory, when he introduced the concept of finitude to the concept of human life experience.

Keywords: Hermeneutic, historical conscientious, True and finitude.

Consciência histórica e hermenêutica: considerações de Gadamer acerca da teoria da história de Dilthey

by Evandro O. Brito

Trans/Form/Ação
Print version ISSN 0101-3173
Trans/Form/Ação vol.28 no.2 Marília  2005

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-31732005000200010

O propósito deste artigo é explicitar o modo como Gadamer reformula a hermenêutica diltheiana (desenvolvida sobre o... more O propósito deste artigo é explicitar o modo como Gadamer reformula a hermenêutica diltheiana (desenvolvida sobre o conceito moderno de vida utilizado como fundamento da noção de auto-consciência histórica), ao formular um novo modo de compreender a razão e a existência humanas, tomando como ponto de partida a experiência concreta da finitude da vida humana.

Traditionalizing Philosophical Hermeneutics: Gadamer and Ricoeur on Textual Interpretation

by Jens Olesen

Introduction to the draft chapter. Comments welcome.

Nokre tankar om ein hermeneutisk musikkpedagogikk

by Bjarne Isaksen

Paper i vitskapsteori om hermeneutisk musikkpedagogikk. Kjem vi frå ein tradisjon kor det hemeneutiske ikkje har nokon... more Paper i vitskapsteori om hermeneutisk musikkpedagogikk. Kjem vi frå ein tradisjon kor det hemeneutiske ikkje har nokon plass, og kva mogleigheier har vi for å vere meir hermeneutisk i undervisninga. (Hanslick, Schleiermacher, Dilthey)

Paradigm Shifts: The Philosophical Hermeneutics of Friedrich Schleiermacher

by William R. Osborne

Midwestern Journal of Theology 10.2 (2011): 62-74.

This paper seeks to understand Schleiermacher's contribution to philosophical hermeneutics by studying (1) the... more This paper seeks to understand Schleiermacher's contribution to philosophical hermeneutics by studying (1) the historical context that shaped him, (2) the philosophical thought that undergirds his system, (3) Schleiermacher's hermeneutical method, (4) his legacy, and (5) Schleiermacher's place within evangelical interpretation of the Bible.

Kan vetenskapen äga teologin? Förändrade spänningar i teologins akademiska status

by Mattias Martinson

Article published on the Finnish academic website theologia.se

Jag argumenterar i detta paper för tanken att teologi i en västerländsk kontext aldrig har fungerat som en vetenskap i... more Jag argumenterar i detta paper för tanken att teologi i en västerländsk kontext aldrig har fungerat som en vetenskap i vanlig mening. Teologin som akademiskt fält har alltid har stått i relation till den kristna trons anspråk på att vara en yttersta referensram för all annan kunskap. Från detta följer inte att nutida teologer måste vara troende eller att teologin måste begränsa sig till ett kristet religiöst språk. Men det betyder för det första att den akademiska teologiska kompetensen kräver en betydande historiefilosofisk insikt om den kristna trons särskilda verkningskrafter in i kultur och samhälle. För det andra innefattar detta en förmåga att tänka kritiskt och konstruktivt kring hur dessa krafter kan kanaliseras vidare i en pluralistisk situation. Som sådan förblir teologin kontroversiell.

Bridging the Gap Between Social and Existential-Mystical Interpretations of Schleiermacher's ‘Feeling’

by Gorazd Andrejc

Appeared in 'Religious Studies', 2012 (Published & Copyrighted by Cambridge University Press).

The article engages with two contemporary understandings of Schleiermacher’s notion of feeling which are in important... more The article engages with two contemporary understandings of Schleiermacher’s notion of feeling which are in important aspects in conflict: a social understanding (Kevin W. Hector and Christine Helmer) and an existentialmystical understanding (Thandeka). Using the phenomenological category of ‘existential feelings’ drawn from the work of Matthew Ratcliffe, I argue that they can be brought into a coherent overall account that recognizes different aspects of feeling in Schleiermacher’s work. I also suggest that such an interpretation of Schleiermacher’s concept of religious feeling offers a different and better understanding of the role of feelings in religious experience and belief than the contemporary ‘perception-model’ of religious experience.

Human Individuality in Schleiermacher's Christology

by Johannes Zachhuber

Draft paper.

It is evident that human individuality stands right at the centre of Schleiermacher's philosophical and theological... more It is evident that human individuality stands right at the centre of Schleiermacher's philosophical and theological thought. It is therefore to be expected that his treatment of Christology in The Christian Faith pays particular attention to this problem too. This is significant not least because historically Christology has been central for theological reformulations and modifications of philosophical notions of individuality. The main part of the paper is therefore an attempt to unpack the central concepts operative in those complex and dense paragraphs of Schleiermacher's dogmatic opus magnum insofar as they bear specifically on the relationship between Christ's universal (archetypal) and his individual humanity. It becomes clear that Christ for Schleiermacher is the exemplar of humanity precisely by being uniquely individual. This shows at the same time, that the latter is by no means opposed to integration into community, but implies and requires it.

Hermeneutics: Schleiermacher and Dilthey

by Eric S. Nelson

"Hermeneutics: Schleiermacher and Dilthey," History of Continental Philosophy: Volume 2; Nineteenth-Century Philosophy: Revolutionary Responses to the Existing Order (1840-1900), ed. Alan D. Schrift and Daniel Conway (Chesham: Acumen Press, 2010), 139-160.

Schleiermacher, hermenevtika in neizrekljivo

by Eric S. Nelson

Phainomena X/37-38, 2001. Ljubljana: Nova revija.

Esej govori o pomenu komunikacije in neizrekljivega v hermenevtiki. Trdim, da moramo Schleiermacherjevo hermenevtiko... more Esej govori o pomenu komunikacije in neizrekljivega v hermenevtiki. Trdim, da moramo Schleiermacherjevo hermenevtiko interpretirati v kontekstu njegove zgodnje religiozne misli in da igra med komunikacijo in tistim, kar se komunikaciji upira in izmika, odpira možnosti za drugačno pojmovanje osnovnih zastavkov hermenevtike. Hermenevtike ne konstituira zgolj rečeno in tisto, kar ostaja neizrečeno, temveč tudi tisto, kar je neizgovorljivo. In končno, razmerje in nerazmerje med pomenom in neizrekljivim se v etičnem smislu artikulira skozi obravnavanje vprašanja drugosti, singularnosti in odzivnosti.

Understanding Misreading: A Hermeneutic-Deconstructive Approach

by José Angel García Landa

Published in 'The Pragmatics of Understanding and Misunderstanding'. Ed. Beatriz Penas. Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza, 1998. 57-72.

This paper puts forward a conception of specialised literary criticism, more specifically deconstructive readings, as... more This paper puts forward a conception of specialised literary criticism, more specifically deconstructive readings, as a mode of communicative interaction which can be described through a pragmalinguistic account. Schleiermacher's conception of the hermeneutic circle provides an adequate bridge between literary criticism and speech production, once we attend to the possible developments of the theory of the hermeneutic circle understanding it as both a temporal process, and an interactional one. This paper, therefore, presents for the purpose of comparison several critical conceptions originating in different schools and dealing with a range of objects of study in criticism. The comparison yields a common element whose outline becomes gradually visible as we proceed, as each of these conceptions (hermeneutics, deconstruction, modernist aesthetics, pragmalinguistics...) brings out aspects which are implicit in the others. This exercise might be compared to the drawing of lines between stars to form a constellation, allowing us to see a previously invisible figure. The lines in constellations may seem too insubstantial as a term of comparison, but the paper will go some length towards the deconstruction of the clear-cut opposition between what is substantial and what is constructed by the imagination, at least as far as the field of interpretive theory is concerned. The thread connecting the critical approaches examined here is the retrsopective rereading of a narrative and its hermeneutic consequences. These consequences might be summarized by saying that the passing of time alters everything, even the past itself, once so safely stored.

Schleiermacher on Language, Religious Feeling, and the Ineffable

by Eric S. Nelson

“Schleiermacher on Language, Religious Feeling, and the Ineffable.” Epoché 8:2, Spring 2004, 297-312.

This paper articulates the relevance of the ineffable and the singular to hermeneutics. I respond to standard... more This paper articulates the relevance of the ineffable and the singular to hermeneutics. I respond to standard criticisms of Friedrich Schleiermacher made by Karl Barth and Hans-Georg Gadamer by clarifying his understanding of language, interpretation, and religious feeling. Schleiermacher’s “indicative hermeneutics” is developed in the context of the ethical significance of communication and the ineffable. The notion of trace is employed in order to interpret the paradox of speaking about that which cannot be spoken. The trace is not a brute singularity but bears a fundamental relationship to the word—and ultimately the word of God—for Schleiermacher.

Creatio Continua Ex Electione: A Post-Barthian Revision of the Doctrine of Creatio Ex Nihilo

by David Congdon

Published in Koinonia 22 (2010)

Tematización retroactiva, interacción e interpretación: La espiral hermenéutica de Schleiermacher a Goffman

by José Angel García Landa

Texto publicado en el el libro "Hans-Georg Gadamer: Ontología estética y hermenéutica." Ed. Teresa Oñate y Zubía, Cristina García Santos y Miguel Ángel Quintana Paz. Madrid: Dykinson, 2005. 679-88.

Explora este trabajo algunas de las intersecciones entre el estudio de la interacción lingüística y el de la... more Explora este trabajo algunas de las intersecciones entre el estudio de la interacción lingüística y el de la interpretación literaria, e investiga para ello ciertas analogías entre la hermenéutica de Schleiermacher, la de Gadamer, el dialogismo de Bajtín, la teoría interpretativa postestructuralista y el estudio pragmalingüístico de la interacción comunicativa propuesto por Goffman. Describimos la continuidad existente entre, por una parte, los modos de reelaboración intertextual adecuados al debate crítico, y por otra, la interacción entre la comunicación verbal y la no verbal descrita por los pragmatistas. Se saca en consecuencia que la lectura crítica, al igual que hacen los turnos conversacionales, podrá proporcionar tanto una 'respuesta' como una 'contestación' al texto que se esté analizando.

Immediacy and Mediation in Schleiermacher's "Reden Über Die Religion"

by Dalia Nassar

In: Review of Metaphysics 59 (June 2006): 807-841.
http://secure.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/toc?openform&journal=pdc_revmetaph&yearrange=2000%20-%202010&category=0059_0004_2006

Heritage and Hermeneutics: Towards a Broader Interpretation of Interpretation

by Phillip Ablett

Co-authored with Prof. Pam Dyer and Published in Current Issues in Tourism. Vol. 12, No. 3, May 2009, 209–233

This article re-examines the theoretical basis for environmental and heritage interpretation in tourist settings in... more This article re-examines the theoretical basis for environmental and heritage interpretation in tourist settings in the light of hermeneutic philosophy. It notes that the pioneering vision of heritage interpretation formulated by Freeman Tilden envisaged a broadly educational, ethically informed and transformative art. By contrast, current cognitive psychological attempts to reduce interpretation to the monological transmission of information, targeting universal but individuated cognitive structures, are found to be wanting. Despite growing signs of diversity, this information processing approach to interpretation remains dominant. The article then presents the alternative paradigm of hermeneutics through the works of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Gadamer, to provide a broader interpretation of interpretation. This not only captures the essence of Tilden's definition but construes heritage interpretation as a more inclusive, culturally situated, critically reflexive and dialogical practice.

Keywords: environmental interpretation; heritage tourism; hermeneutics; Gadamer;
Heidegger; Tilden