Gadamer

Donatella Di Cesare is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rome "La Sapienza." She is author of Grammatica dei tempi messianici and Ermeneutica della finitezza.Niall Keane is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Limerick.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Living Through a Century2. The Event of Truth3. Lingering in Art4. On the Way to a Philosophical Hermeneutics5. The Constellation of Understanding6. An Ethics Close to Life7. The Hiddenness of Socrates: Philosophical Hermeneutics and Greek Philosophy8. The Horizon of Dialogue9. Hermeneutics as Philosophy10. Keeping the Dialogue GoingIndex

The book is a pleasure to read because the writing is clean and efficient without ever being simplistic or trite. This is a testament to Di Cesare, but it also reflects the excellent work of the translator, Niall Keane.(Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) 'Gadamer: A Philosophical Portrait' by Donatella DiCesare . . . offers a finely written (not to mention well-translated) and concise overview of Gadamer's work from beginning to end.54.4 Dec. 2014(International Philosophical Quarterly) The book truly works as a portrait, beginning with a succinct bibliographic chapter that unites Gadamer's life and his philosophy. . . It is a starting point for hermeneutical thought, rather than an encyclopedic account or a tin-eared critical intervention.- Francis J. Mootz III The author's portrait of her mentor, Hans-Georg Gadamer, offers English readers a masterful but intimate tour through the sprawling museum of Gadamer's work with a guide who is an artist in her own right. Di Cesare treats the full gamut of Gadamer's thinking, including his later works and directions. . . . Recommended.(Choice)