Zhang Heidegger, Rorty, and the Eastern Thinkers

A Hermeneutics of Cross-Cultural Understanding
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8180-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Explores the cross-cultural endeavors of Rorty and Heidegger, particularly how this work addresses the possibilities of comparative philosophy itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Wei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. The Recurring East-West Hermeneutic Riddle

Introduction

Part II. Richard Rorty’s Correspondence with a Comparative Philosopher

1. The Question of Legitimacy of Comparative Philosophy
2. Philosophy and Cultural Otherness

Part III. Martin Heidegger’s Dialogue with a Japanese Visitor

3. On the Way to a “Common” Language
4. On the Way to a Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics

Part IV. A Conceptual Dialogue with Heidegger’s Text on Hermeneutics

5. Heidegger’s Ontological Hermeneutics as a Worldview and World Encounter

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wei Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at the University of South Florida.