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ISBN: 9780415236379 - Paul Ricoeur
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Paul Ricoeur

Karl Simms

ISBN: 9780415236379
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Paul Ricoeur is one of the most important critical thinkers to emerge in the twentieth century. His unique 'theory of reading' or hermeneutics extends far beyond the reading of literary works to build into a theory for the reading of 'life'. As a result of this…

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Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, this is the essential guide to one of the most wide-ranging and influential thinkers alive today. In Paul Ricoeur Karl Simms: details Ricoeur's most significant contributions to contemporary critical thought provides an intellectual context to his key ideas explores the debate around his work on good and evil, psychoanalysis, metaphor, narrative, politics and justice suggests the continuing relevance of Ricoeur's thought and examines the increasing interest in his work across a range of disciplines. This handy volume also includes a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's publications and relevant secondary texts.
 
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