The Routledge companion to hermeneutics

Introduction. Hermeneutics and philosophy / Jeff Malpas

Part I. Hermeneutic origins

1. Hermeneutics in Greek philosophy / Francisco Gonzalez

2. Hermeneutics in medieval thought / Mauricio Beuchot

Part II. Hermeneutic thinkers

3. Spinoza and Vico: a new science of interpretation / Leonardo Amoroso

4. Wolff, Chladenius, Meier: enlightenment and hermeneutics / Frederick Beiser

5. Ast and Schleiermacher: hermeneutics and critical philosophy / Gunter Scholtz

6. Dilthey: hermeneutics and neo-Kantianism

7. Nietzsche and the ubiquity of hermeneutics / Babette Babich

8. Barth and Bultmann: theological hermeneutics / John E. Wilson

9. Heidegger: transformation of hermeneutics / Ingo Farin

10. Strauss: hermeneutics or esotericism? / Catherine H. Zuckert and Michael Zuckert

11. Gadamer: the universality of hermeneutics / Hans-Helmuth Gander

12. Ricouer: the long way of hermeneutics / Jean Grondin

13. Lonergan's hermeneutics / Frederick G. Lawrence

14. Pareyson and Vattimo: from truth to nihilism / Gaetano Chiurazzi

15. Collingwood and Oakeshott: history and idealism / Giuseppina D'Oro

16. MacIntyre and Taylor: traditions, rationality, and modernity / Arto Laitinen

17. Davidson and Rorty: triangulation and anti-foundationalism / Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg

18. Brandom and McDowell: hermeneutics and normativity / Glenda Satne

Part III. Hermeneutic questions

19. Rationality and method / Ambrosio Velasco Gómez

20. Being and metaphysics / Santiago Zabala

21. Language and meaning / Daniel Dahlstrom

22. Truth and relativism / Paul Healy

23. History and historicity / Kristin Gjesdal

24. Ethics and community / Hans-Herbert Kögler

25. Politics and critique / Michael Marder

26. Dialogue and conversation / James Risser

27. Text and translation / Dennis J. Schmidt

28. Place and situation / Jeff Malpas

29. Symbol and allegory / William Franke

30. Life and world / Eric S. Nelson

31. Nature and environment / Brian Treanor

32. Self and narrative / Shaun Gallagher

Part IV. Hermeneutic engagements

33. Hermeneutics, epistemology, and science / Fred D'Agostino

34. Hermeneutics and literature / Andrew Bowie

35. Hermeneutics, religion, and God / Jean Greisch

36. Hermeneutics, jurisprudence and law / Ralf Poscher

37. Hermeneutics and rhetoric / John Arthos

38. Hermeneutics and intercultural understanding / Bruce Janz

39. Hermeneutics and the social sciences / William Outhwaite

40. Hermeneutics, race and gender / Tina Fernandes Botts

41. Hermeneutics, aesthetics and the arts / Beata Sirowy

42. Hermeneutics and education / Paul Fairfield

43. Hermeneutics, health and medicine / Fredrik Svenaeus

44. Hermeneutics, architecture and design / Richard Coyne

Part IV. Hermeneutic challenges and dialogues

45. Hermeneutics and phenomenology / Robert Dostal

46. Hermeneutics and deconstruction / Donatella Di Cesare

47. Hermeneutics and critical theory / Nicholas H. Smith

48. Hermeneutics and pragmatism / Endre Begby

49. Hermeneutics and psychoanalysis / Philippe Cabestan

50. Hermeneutics and language of philosophy / Lee Braver

51. Hermeneutics and feminism / Georgia Warnke

52. Hermeneutics, structuralism and post-structuralism / Nicholas Davey

53. Hermeneutics and Confucianism / Kathleen Wright

54. Hermeneutics and Judaic thought / Andrew Benjamin

55. Arabic and Islamic hermeneutics / Ebrahim Moosa

Conclusion. The future of hermeneutics / Gianni Vattimo.