Active Hermeneutics: Seeking Understanding in an Age of Objectivism

by Stanley E Porter, Jason C Robinson, Stanley E. Porter

Hermeneutics, as a discipline of the humanities, is often assumed to be in thrall to the same subjectivity of every interpretive method, in direct contrast to the objectivity prized by the natural sciences. This book argues that there is a false dichotomy here, and that ancient and modern ideas of knowledge can be utilized to create a new active form of hermeneutics. One capable of creating a standard by which to judge better and worse models of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367028905
• ISBN13: 9780367028909
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"