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Journal

2011 | 21 | 4 | 393-402

Article title

What do thermonuclear bombs have to do with intercultural hermeneutics? (Or on the superiority of Dickens over Heidegger)

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Abstracts

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In this paper, I discuss Richard Rorty’s views on intercultural hermeneutics as presented in his essay “Heidegger, Kundera, and Dickens” and in his correspondence with the Indian philosopher Anindita Niyogi Balslev. In doing so, I focus primarily on Rorty’s presumption that instead of providing an “authentic” picture of another culture, the goal of intercultural studies or hermeneutics should be to look if there is anything “of use” that a given culture offers and that is not offered by ours.

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Journal

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Volume

21

Issue

4

Pages

393-402

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Dates

published
2011-12-01
online
2011-12-25

Contributors

  • University of Wrocław

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Publication order reference

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