No contemporary thinker has participated in more intellectual debates in the post-war period than Paul Ricoeur. His writings evolved from an initial concern with existentialism and phenomenology, through structuralism and psychoanalysis and the work he undertook within the hermeneutic tradition, to his recent studies in metaphor and narrative. This introduction is the first study to survey the entire range of Ricoeur's work and, exploiting the obvious thematic parallels, situates it within the context of post-structuralism. It includes a discussion of Ricoeur's "Time and Narrative", a work likely to provide significant contributions to the theory of narrative. Steven Clark shows how Ricoeur's work represents a unique point of confluence and dialogue between the French, German and Anglo-American traditions. By considering the current state of critical theory, with particular reference to deconstruction, the author contends that Ricoeur offers a mode of interpretation combining the rigour of his hermeneutics of suspicion with an ethical amplitude and practical commitment.
- ISBN10 0415023092
- ISBN13 9780415023092
- Publish Date 22 November 1990
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 15 July 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English