Hermeneutics, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere

By Roberto Alejandro

This book sheds new light on the question of democratic politics by proposing a hermeneutic conception of citizenship and the public sphere. At the same time, it presents a critique of the postmodern arguments advanced by Richard Rorty, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard. Questioning a dominant interpretation that sees Gadamer's hermeneutics as the expression of a conservative project, Alejandro argues that it includes an important element of critique that could challenge dominant structures and practices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791414884
• ISBN13: 9780791414880
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher