Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics

Well-edited collection of contributions from leading authorities in the field in Canada, USA and UK.

IntroductionPaul Fairfield\ 1. Gadamer's Experience and Theory of Education: Learning that the Other May Be RightJean Grondin\ 2. Narrative Competence and the Massive Hermeneutical BackgroundShaun Gallagher\ 3. Philosophical Hermeneutics: An Education for all Seasons?Nicholas Davey\ 4. The Education of the TeacherGraeme Nicholson\ 5. Dialogue in the ClassroomPaul Fairfield\ 6. On the Dire Necessity of the Useless: Philosophical and Rhetorical Thoughts on Hermeneutics and Education in the HumanitiesRamsey Eric Ramsey\ 7. Hermeneutic Education to Understanding: Self-Education and the Willingness to Risk FailureAndrzej Wiercinski\ 8. Education and Exemplars: On Learning to Doubt the OvermanBabette Babich \ Index

'Finally a book which spells out the important linkages between philosophical hermeneutics and education. All the contributors are recognized experts on Gadamer's hermeneutics and/or the philosophy of education. The assembled essays probe in subtle ways the merits and the problems associated with "Bildung".' Fred Dallmayr, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, USA
'Paul Fairfield is to be congratulated for having carefully assembled in the present volume some thought-provoking contributions to the philosophy of education by a number of leading Continental thinkers. This book is a noteworthy attempt to demonstrate the special relevance of philosophical hermeneutics to the field of education which, when all is said and done, transcends all merely empirical, technical, and utilitarian concerns and should be viewed as a conscientious endeavour at putting into practice the humanistic art of dialogue.' Gary Madison, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, McMaster University, Canada

Paul Fairfield is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University, Canada.>