Publication

2009 - Continuum, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

35,750 words, Guess

Page Count

143 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC194
  • LCCB2430.R554 U35 2009
  • LCCB2430.R554 U35 2010
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  • LCCB2430.R554U35 2009

Description

Ricoeur, Hermeneutics and Globalization explores the philosophical resources provided by Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics in dealing with the challenges of a world framed by globalization. Bengt Kristensson Uggla's reflections start from an understanding of globalization as an 'age of hermeneutics', linking the seldom related problematic of globalization with hermeneutics through Ricoeur's concept of interpretation. The book proceeds to embrace lifelong learning as the emerging new life script of the globalized knowledge economy, the post-national 'memory wars' generated by the celebration of national anniversaries, and the need for orientation in a post-modern world order. The author argues that Ricoeur's hermeneutics provide intellectual resources of extraordinary importance in coping with some of the most important challenges in the contemporary world

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  • Ricoeur, hermeneutics, and globalizationContinuum2009-01-01

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