Paul Ricoeur in the Age of Hermeneutical Reason: Poetics, Praxis, and Critique

Poetics, Praxis and Critique: Paul Ricoeur in the Age of Hermeneutical Reason addresses contemporary problems of justice, the recognition of disabled persons, the role of imagination in political judgment, the need for religious hospitality and carnal hermeneutics. The essays in this volume are a testament to the power of hermeneutical reason. Following Paul Ricoeur’s style of philosophizing, they explore innovative solutions to pressing issues of our time. Individually, these essays advance new perspectives on the anthropological presuppositions behind the requirement of justice, the role played by convictions and beliefs in pluralistic contexts, and the place of a post-critical religious faith. Together, they demonstrate the value of a hermeneutical mode of reasoning in an age in which conflicts, tensions and violence abound. Their thoughtful engagement with current challenges attests to this volume’s conviction that we, with others, have the ability to intervene in the course of the world to the benefit of all.

Marc de Leeuw is senior lecturer in legal philosophy at the University of New South Wales.

George H. Taylor is Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the editor of Paul Ricoeur's Lectures on Ideology and Utopia (Columbia University Press, 1986).

Marianne Moyaert is full professor in the Research Unit Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research focuses on comparative theology, interreligious hermeneutics, and Jewish-Christian relations, with a special interest in the ritual dimensions of interreligious encounters. She is the editor-in-chief of the Currents of Encounter series and has held leadership roles in interfaith studies within the American Academy of Religion.

Richard Kearney holds the Charles Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of numerous books including Wake of the Imagination, On Stories and most recently Touch: Recovering our Most Vital Sense (2021).