Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity

by Nicholas H. Smith

Book Overview

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ethics, particularly in the approaches of deconstruction and hermeneutics. At the same time, questions of identity have risen to prominence in philosophy and beyond into cultural studies and literature.
Strong Hermeneutics is a clear and accessible investigation of both the enlightenment and postmodern or 'weak' approaches to contemporary discussions of ethics. The weak view, which can be traced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041516432X
• ISBN13: 9780415164320
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"