The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue

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ID22005474
AuthorsGonçalo Marcelo (0000-0002-7779-4190, University of Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue1
Pages68-89
Publication date2022-07-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉtudes Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2156-7808 • E-ISSN: 2156-7808
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/errs.2022.595
OpenAlexW4284884168
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This article devises a social hermeneutical framework to make sense of the problem of the conflict of polarized ideologies. First, it discusses the problem of irrationality in belief and behavior, arguing for a contextual and non-reductionist account of rationality. Second, it shows how a social hermeneutical approach can provide a useful toolbox for social epistemology. Third, drawing from Paul Ricœur’s notions of the conflict of interpretations and of constitutive and pathological ideologies, it redescribes pathological ideologies as totalizing systems of beliefs in which subjects fall under the spell of a mechanism of hermeneutical delusion, leaving them in a state of ideological bias. Finally, it discusses the possibility of tackling the problem of hermeneutical delusion and polarized ideologies through fostering hermeneutical dialogue geared towards mutual understanding

Delusion · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Ideology · Irrational number · Irrationality · Political science · Rationality · Reductionism · Sociology · Spell · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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