Hermeneutics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23587334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María G Navarro (0000-0002-5363-1020, Universidad de Salamanca, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0664 |
| OpenAlex | W4247794677 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The word έρμηνεία ( ermeneia ) means expression and interpretation of a thought, from which the word “hermeneutics” comes. Some authors maintain that the name of the Greek god Hermes subsequently came from the same root. Hermes was the brother of Apollo and Athene and the son of Zeus and Maia, from which it could be deduced that he is paired by family lineage with images of light on the one hand and darkness and opacity on the other. Both metaphors remind us that the expression and interpretation of thoughts may follow either a rational or an irrational order. The fact that most authors agree that it was after the expansion of Greek culture that the problem of interpretation acquired such marked prominence gives us an idea of the connection between hermeneutics and otherness.
Apollo · Art · Brother · Epistemology · Expression (computer science) · Hermeneutics · Interpretation (philosophy) · Irrational number · Linguistics · Literature · Order (exchange) · Physics · Sociology · ZEUS (particle detector) · Anthropology · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |