Imagination and Chance illuminates the different philosophical projects that animate Ricoeur's hermeneutics and Derrida's deconstruction. Basic concepts in Ricouer such as discourse, metaphor and symbol, and tradition are examined, and texts by Derrida including White Mythology, Introduction to Husserl's The Origin of Geometry, and The Double Session are analyzed. The book also includes a previously untranslated round table discussion between Ricoeur and Derrida.
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Release
January 07, 1993
ISBN
0791412180
ISBN 13
9780791412183
Imagination and Chance: The Difference Between the Thought of Ricoeur and Derrida
Imagination and Chance illuminates the different philosophical projects that animate Ricoeur's hermeneutics and Derrida's deconstruction. Basic concepts in Ricouer such as discourse, metaphor and symbol, and tradition are examined, and texts by Derrida including White Mythology, Introduction to Husserl's The Origin of Geometry, and The Double Session are analyzed. The book also includes a previously untranslated round table discussion between Ricoeur and Derrida.