Ricoeur, Hermeneutics, and Globalization

Bengt Kristensson Uggla is Amos Anderson Professor of Philosophy, Culture and Management at Abo Akademi University in Finland.

"Bengt Kristensson Uggla has written a most fascinating book, clear and substantial, about the importance of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. The book explains why his theory of hermeneutics reaches far beyond his own intentions and gives us a better understanding of human life, culture and the world -permitting us to transform the clash of civilizations into a conflict of interpretations." -- Peter Kemp, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Aarhus, Denmark, President of the XXII World Congress of Philosophy (Seoul 2008)

• Introduction: Paul Ricoeur and the Future of Hermeneutics; 1. 'As Books Should be Read': Philosophy of Action and the Death of the Author; 2. Hermeneutics and Globalization: What is Hermeneutics Today; 3. Who is the Lifelong Learner?: Globalization, Lifelong Learning and Hermeneutics; 4. Memory Politics: Philosophical Reflections on Memory and Forgetting in Sweden and Finland; 5. Nowhere is Always Now and Here: Tradition, Modernity, Postmodernity and the Metamorphosis of Hermeneutics; References; Bibliography; Index.