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Tradition and Understanding of Art in Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Philosophy

Author(s): Dominika Czakon
Subject(s): Philosophy, Aesthetics, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Summary/Abstract: This article is an introduction to the idea of tradition which is present in H.-G. Gadamer’s thoughts. The author analyzes tradition in the context of the art experience. In the first part the author of this paper describes tradition in the broader hermeneutic context. The author depicts tradition and, consecutively: understanding, hermeneutic experience, ‘historically effected consciousness’, horizon, authority, prejudice. The second part addresses specifically Gadamer's thoughts on the arts as an experience of tradition. Gadamer's hermeneutic theory is interpreted as a presumptive solution to the problem of contemporary culture.

  • Issue Year: 30/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 25-41
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish