PHENOMENOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS OF REVELATION. TWO-VOICE OF PAUL RICOEUR AND JEAN-LUC MARION
PHENOMENOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS OF REVELATION. TWO-VOICE OF PAUL RICOEUR AND JEAN-LUC MARION

Summary/Abstract: Revelation is a key category for both phenomenology and hermeneutics. The first domaindeals with the possibility of revelation, while the second through its interpretation seeks tounderstand the reality. Hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur is characterized by a focus onunderstanding the human ipseity (soi) and as such refers to phenomenology. Ricoeur is theauthor of the term 'hermeneutic phenomenology'. Initially, he emphasized the separationbetween the revelation of the sacrum and the verbal message of religious traditions. Withtime, however, he noticed that the religious word assumes the functions of numinosum,becoming a place of revelation. After all, Ricoeur remains on the content side of revelation,and therefore the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion, who treats revelation from a purelyphenomenological point of view, is a valuable complement to this research. Revelation is thegiving of the phenomenon as such, on its own initiative, starting from itself, independent fromthe subject, saturated phenomenon. From this two-voice of Ricoeur and Marion emerges afull picture of the philosophy of revelation, confirming at the same time the need forcooperation between phenomenology and hermeneutics.

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