TY - BOOK AU - Xie,Ming TI - The Agon of Interpretations: Towards a Critical Intercultural Hermeneutics SN - 9781442643536 U1 - 121/.686 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Toronto : PB - University of Toronto Press, KW - Hermeneutics KW - Intercultural communication KW - PHILOSOPHY / Criticism KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Towards a Critical Intercultural Hermeneutics --; PART ONE: Resources of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics --; Chapter One. The Intercultural Horizon of Contemporary Understanding --; Chapter Two. Do Gadamer and Ricoeur Have the Same Understanding of Hermeneutics? --; Chapter Three. The Commonality of the World and the Intercultural Element: Meaning, Culture, and Chora --; Chapter Four. Comparing the Incomparable: Crossing Intercultural Borders --; Chapter Five. World, Home, and Hermeneutic Phenomenology --; PART TWO: Intercultural Complications and Problematics --; Chapter Six. Objects and Orientalism --; Chapter Seven. Understanding, Misunderstanding, and the Critical Function of Hermeneutics in Cross-Cultural Studies --; Chapter Eight. Universal Values or Cultural Relativity: A Pointless Question --; Chapter Nine. Reconciling the Tension between Similarity and Difference in Critical Hermeneutics --; PART THREE: Expanding Horizons: Empathy, Dialogue, Critique, Wisdom --; Chapter Ten: Some Observations on the Prospects of Intercultural Hermeneutics in a Global Framework --; Chapter Eleven. Intercultural Understanding in Philosophical Hermeneutics --; Chapter Twelve. Making Sense of Critical Hermeneutics: Pragmatist Reflections --; Chapter Thirteen. Critical Interventions: Towards a Hermeneutical Rejoinder --; Chapter Fourteen. Empathy, Dialogue, Critique: How Should We Understand (Inter)Cultural Violence? --; Afterword: Contesting the Real --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access N2 - Written by a team of leading international scholars, The Agon of Interpretations explores the challenges and possibilities of critical intercultural hermeneutics in a globalized world. Editor Ming Xie and writers from eight countries on five continents not only lay out the importance of critical hermeneutics to intercultural understanding but also probe the conditions under which a hermeneutics that is both intercultural and critical can be possible. The contributors examine and define critical intercultural hermeneutics as an emerging field from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, including phenomenology, critical theory, sociology, object-oriented ontology, and pragmatism. The essays combine philosophical argumentation with historical and intellectual inquiry. Together, the contributors to The Agon of Interpretations demonstrate the value of critical intercultural hermeneutics for enabling intercultural communication, engagement, and understanding UR - https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696303 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442696303 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442696303/original ER -