The Conflict of Interpretations Essays in Hermeneutics [Paperback]

This collection brings together twenty-two essays by Paul Ricoeur under the topics of structuralism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, and religion. In dramatic conciseness, the essays illuminate the work of one of the leading philosophers of the day. Those interested in Ricoeur's development of the philosophy of language will find rich and suggestive reading. But the diversity of essays also speaks beyond the confines of philosophy to linguists, theologians, psychologists, and psychoanalysts.

This collection brings together twenty-two essays by Paul Ricoeur under the topics of structuralism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, and religion. In dramatic conciseness, the essays illuminate the work of one of the leading philosophers of the day. Those interested in Ricoeur's development of the philosophy of language will find rich and suggestive reading. But the diversity of essays also speaks beyond the confines of philosophy to linguists, theologians, psychologists, and psychoanalysts.

Foreword to the New Edition
Editor's Introduction
Existence and Hermeneutics
     translated by Kathleen McLaughlin

I. Hermeneutics and Structuralism

Structure and Hermeneutics
    translated by Kathleen McLaughlin

The Problem of Double Meaning as Hermeneutic Problem and as Semantic Problem
    translated by Kathleen McLaughlin

Structure, Word, Event
    translated by Robert Sweeney

II. Hermeneutics and Psychoanalysis

Consciousness and the Unconscious
     translated by Willis Domingo

Psychoanalysis and the Movement of Contemporary Culture
     translated by Willis Domingo

A Philosophical Interpretation of Freud
     translated by Willis Domingo

Technique and Nontechnique in Interpretation
     translated by Willis Domingo

Art and Freudian Systlsµ