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).

All [of the essays] make interesting reading both for those familiar with the work of Gadamer and Ricoeur and for those who want to become better acquainted with it. In this regard, the editors have accomplished their goal of reminding readers of the value of Gadamer's and Ricoeur's philosophical work and its relevance for contemporary philosophical thinking.

• Introduction George H. Taylor and Francis J. Mootz III \ I. History \ 1. Destruktion-Konstruktion: Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur P. Christopher Smith \ II. Engagements \ 2. The Dialectic of Belonging and Distanciation in Gadamer and Ricoeur Merold Westphal \ 3. Hermeneutics as Project of Liberation: The Concept of Tradition in Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer Andreea Deciu Ritivoi \ 4. Gadamer's Rhetorical Conception of Hermeneutics as the Key to Developing a Critical Hermeneutics Francis J. Mootz III \ 5. Understanding as Metaphoric, Not a Fusion of Horizons George H. Taylor \ 6. Where Is Muthos Hiding in Gadamer's Hermeneutics? Or, the Ontological Privilege of Emplotment John Arthos \ 7. Paul Ricoeur's and Hans-Georg Gadamer's Diverging Reflections on Recognition David Vessey \ 8. Is Phronesis Deinon? Ricoeur on Tragedy and Phronesis David H. Fisher \ III. Extensions \ 9. Ricoeur's Model of Translation and Responsible Political Practice Bernard P. Dauenhauer \ 10. Understanding the Body: The Relevance of Gadamer's and Ricoeur's View of the Body for Feminist Theory Louise D. Derksen and Annemie Halsema \ 11. Thing Hermeneutics David M. Kaplan \ 12. Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics and New Confucianism Kathleen Wright \ Bibliography \ List of Contributors \ Index \