John D. Caputo, "Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information."

Abstract

"Is anything ever not an interpretation? Is there such a thing as a pure fact that is interpretation-free? If not, how are we supposed to know what to think and do? John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. A specialist in contemporary hermeneutics and deconstruction with a special interest in the postmodern condition, he has spearheaded an idea he calls "weak theology." He is the author of many books on philosophy, including Truth, described as "an excellent guide" (TLS)"--Page 4 of cover. Introduction: A matter of interpretation : a primer on postmodern hermeneutics -- How Heidegger changed everything : reading Being and Time -- Heidegger strikes again : hermeneutics and humanism -- Gadamer's Truth and Method : philosophical hermeneutics -- Derrida and the two interpretations of interpretation -- Structuralism, post-structuralism and the age of the program -- The roguish hermeneutics of Vattimo and Rorty -- The call of justice and the short arm of the law -- Gadamerian nurses -- The spectre of the post-human : have we ever been human? -- Postmodern, post-secular, post-religious -- A quick review : what is postmodern hermeneutics in a nutshell? -- A conclusion without conclusion : a God even Nietzsche could love.