L'ubomír Dunaj is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. Kurt C. M. Mertel is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

• Preface Introduction, L'ubomír Dunaj & Kurt C. M. MertelPart I: Critical Hermeneutics as Social Theory1. The Case for a Critical Hermeneutics: From the Understanding of Power to the Power of Understanding, Simon Susen (City University of London, UK)2. Power, the Body and Reflexivity: Hans-Herbert Kögler’s Hermeneutics in the Con-text of Critical Sociology, Rainer Winter (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) 3. Naturalizing Kögler, Stephen Turner (University of South Florida, USA) Part II: Recognition, Cosmopolitanism, Religion4. The Moral Stance, Our Moralizing Nature, and the Hermeneutic and Empathic Dimension of Human Relations, Karsten Stueber (College of the Holy Cross, USA)5. Dialogue, Cosmopolitanism and Language Education, Werner Delanoy(Alpen-Adria, University, Klagenfurt, Austria)6. Secularity, Religion, and Dialogue: Rethinking the Conditions of the Possibility for Genuine Complementary Learning, Paul Healy (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)7. The Limits of Interreligious Hermeneutics and the Need for Alternative Understanding, John Maraldo (University of North Florida, USA) Part III: Towards a Critical Hermeneutics of the Present8. Sociology, the Studies, and the Ontology of the Present, Frédéric Vandenberghe (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) 9. Cherche pas à Comprendre: Cosmopolitan Hermeneutics in Difficult Times, William Outhwaite (Newcastle University, UK) 10. Playing more seriously: an enactivist critique of Kögler's critically reflexive dialogue, Lauren Barthold (Endicott College, USA)11. Dialogue in a polarized world – is there a way out?, Randi Gressgård (University of Bergen, Norway)Conclusion and Response Social Ontology, Dialogic Recognition, and Contemporary Challenges: A Reply, Hans-Herbert Kögler (University of North Florida, USA)List of Contributors Index

Leading philosophers, social researchers and cultural theorists are contributing to this great book on Hans-Herbert Kögler’s much noticed Critical Hermeneutics. Kögler has invented Critical Hermeneutics as an outstanding progression of the Frankfurt school’s critical theory that is fruitful for research programs and challenging for political praxis. The volume impressively documents the international scale, impact and critique of this promising and singular mix of social philosophy, social research and social criticism. A must-read.