The Democratic Theory of Hans-Georg Gadamer

By Darren Walhof

Book Overview

Preface and Acknowledgements1. Paying Attention to Reality1.1 Plato's Cave and the Critique of Modern Theory1.2 Democratic Theory in a Hermeneutical Register2. Disclosing Truth2.1 Knowing the Good2.2 The Sedimentation of Truth in Language2.3 Truth as Unconcealedness2.4 Truth and Democratic Politics3. Conversation and Understanding3.1 Gadamer's Phenomenology of Conversation3.2 Risking Prejudices3.3 12 Angry Men3.4 The Epistemic Demands of Deliberative Democracy3.5 The Rhetorical Turn3.6 Rhetoric, Truth, and Democratic Dialogue 4. Tradition, Religion, and Democratic Citizenship4.1 Religion and the Public Sphere4.2 Gadamer on Tradition4.3 Conceptualizing Religion as Tradition4.4 Religious Identity and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship5. Solidarity, Friendship, and Democratic Hope5.1 Friendship5.2 Difference5.3 Solidarity5.4 Democratic Hope Epilogue: Between Citizens BibliographyIndex

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319468634
• ISBN13: 9783319468631
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"