Hans-Georg Gadamer : a biography / Jean Grondin ; translated by Joel Weinsheimer.

Author/creator Grondin, Jean
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxi, 478 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleHans-Georg Gadamer. English
SeriesYale studies in hermeneutics
Yale studies in hermeneutics. ^A356396
Contents Introduction: What is hermeneutics? -- 1900 : a vintage year for hermeneutics -- Does one love a father? -- To what extent is human life a continual struggle? : school days in Breslau -- University studies in Breslau : the sense of decline and philosophy of science -- Marburg demons -- Be awake for the fire of the night : the encounter with Heidegger -- Flight to the Greeks -- Uncertain freedom before the storm -- 1933 -- Consolidation -- Et illud transit -- The rectorship amid class struggle -- On the way to hermeneutics -- Truth and method -- A cannonade from ideology critique -- Second youth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [381]-472) and index.
LCCN 2003000026
ISBN0300098413 (alk. paper)