Poetyka i hermeneutyka
Poetics and Hermeneutics

Author(s): Richard Shusterman
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: philosophy of literature; interpretation; pragmatism; hermeneutics; aesthetics; criticism
Summary/Abstract: The book Poetics and Hermeneutics: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature is a collection of mostly early texts by the American pragmatist Richard Shusterman, published here for the first time in Polish, with the exception of two articles that appeared in the journal ”Przestrzenie Teorii” (”Spaces of Theory”) as a teaser to the collection. It thus fills an important gap in the Polish reception of the philosophy of Richard Shusterman, known primarily for his innovative work in pragmatist aesthetics and the creator of somaesthetics, the philosophy of the body. In the texts collected in Poetics and Hermeneutics, Shusterman reflects on the ontology of the literary work, critical reasoning within aesthetic inquiry, the interpretation of the work of art, and the nature and possibility of understanding, entering into a lively dialogue with the concepts of philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Roman Ingarden, Jacques Derrida, Hans Georg Gadamer and Benedetto Croce. This set of themes is complemented by essays on philosophy as a kind of literature and on the autobiographical origins of the author's distinctive way of conducting philosophical inquiries."

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