Download or read book Contemporary Hermeneutics written by Josef Bleicher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermeneutics can loosely be defined as the theory or philosophy of the interpretation of menaing. It is a central topic in the philosophy of the social sciences, the philosophy of art and language and in literary criticism. This book, first published in 1980, gives a detailed overview and analysis of the main strands of contemporary hermeneutical thought. It includes a number of readings in order to give the reader a first-hand acquaintance with the subjects and the debates within it.