Niall Keane is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Head of Department at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Chris Lawn is Lecturer in Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Notes on Contributors x Introduction 1
Niall Keane and Chris Lawn Part I Hermeneutics and the History of Philosophy 9 1 The History of Hermeneutics 11
Eileen Brennan 2 Hermeneutics and the Ancient Philosophical Legacy: Hermeneia and Phronesis 22
Jussi Backman 3 Medieval Hermeneutics 34
David Vessey 4 Hermeneutics and Modern Philosophy: The Art of Understanding 45
Andrew Bowie 5 Gadamer and German Idealism 54
Theodore George Part II Themes and Topics 63 6 Hermeneutics and Ethical Life: On the Return to Factical Life 65
Dennis J. Schmidt 7 Hermeneutics and Politics 72
Bruce Krajewski 8 Religion 77
Felix Ó Murchadha 9 Method 86
Inga Römer 10 Truth 96
Kristin Gjesdal 11 Historicity and Temporality 105
Brian Rogers 12 Memory 114
Hans Ruin 13 Language and Alterity 122
James Risser 14 Identity, History, Tradition 130
Charles Guignon 15 Recognition and Freedom 144
David Espinet and Matthias Flatscher 16 Aesthetics and Perception 155
Günter Figal 17 Hermeneutics and Ontology 162
István M. Fehér 18 Narrative 172
Robert Piercey 19 Rationality, Knowledge, and Relativism 180
Paul Fairfield 20 Finitude 188
Thomas Schwarz Wentzer 21 Authority 197
Robert J. Dostal 22 Subjectivity and Hermeneutics 205
John Russon 23 Biblical Hermeneutics 212
Jens Zimmermann Part III Key Concepts 227 24 Understanding 229
Donatella Di Cesare 25 Interpretation, Judgment, and Critique 236
Rudolf A. Makkreel 26 Word, Image, and Concept 242
Nicholas Davey 27 Horizonality 248
Thomas J. Nenon 28 Application and Praxis 253
Lawrence K. Schmidt 29 Dialectic 259
Thomas Schwarz Wentzer 30 Play 265
Tony O' Connor 31 Sense and Meaning: From Aristotle to Heidegger 270
Thomas Sheehan 32 Prejudice and Pre?]Understanding 280
István M. Fehér 33 On the Manifold Senses of Mimesis: From Plato to Gadamer and Beyond 289
John Sallis 34 The Hermeneutical Circle 299
Jean Grondin 35 Metaphor and Symbol 306
Karl Simms 36 Dialogue, Goodwill, and Community 312
David Vessey 37 Textuality 320
Karl Simms 38 Lived Experience: Erlebnis and Erfahrung 326
Nicholas Davey Part IV Major Figures 333 39 Martin Luther 335
Jens Zimmermann 40 August Boeckh 342
Robert J. Dostal 41 Immanuel Kant 348
Rudolf A. Makkreel 42 G. W. F. Hegel 354
John Russon 43 F. D. E. Schleiermacher 360
Jens Zimmermann 44 Friedrich Nietzsche 366
Babette E. Babich 45 Wilhelm Dilthey 378
Rudolf A. Makkreel 46 Edmund Husserl 383
Pol Vandevelde 47 Martin Heidegger 389
Cristina Lafont 48 Hans?]Georg Gadamer 397
Jean Grondin 49 Mircea Eliade: Structural Hermeneutics and Philosophy 404David M. Rasmussen 50 Paul Rico[...]
Robert Piercey 51 E. D. Hirsch 417
Robert J. Dostal 52 Michel Foucault 423
Tony O' Connor 53 Gianni Vattimo 429
Nicholas Davey 54 Karl?]Otto Apel 435
Pol Vandevelde 55 Jürgen Habermas 440
Cristina Lafont 56 Richard Rorty 446
Robert Piercey 57 Günter Figal 451
Morten Sørensen Thaning Part V Philosophical Intersections and Encounters 459 58 Hermeneutics and Phenomenology 461
Eileen Brennan 59 Hermeneutics and Deconstruction 471
Donatella Di Cesare 60 Hermeneutics, Politics, and Philosophy 481
Roberto Alejandro 61 Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science: Interpreting Nature, Reading Laboratory Science 492
Babette E. Babich 62 Hermeneutics and Pragmatism 505
David Vessey 63 Hermeneutics and Education 513
Paul Fairfield 64 Hermeneutics and Critical Theory 520
Margherita Tonon 65 Hermeneutics and Theology 530
John Panteleimon Manoussakis 66 Hermeneutics and Rhetoric 539
Bruce Krajewski 67 Hermeneutics: Literature and Being 548
Rod Coltman 68 Hermeneutics and Feminist Philosophy 557
Sara Heinämaa 69 Hermeneutics and the Analytic-Continental Divide 573
Sara Heinämaa 70 Hermeneutics and Humanism 585
István M. Fehér 71 Hermeneutics and Law 595
Francis J. Mootz III Index 604