Hermeneutics of suspicion
Hermeneutics of suspicion is a phrase coined by Paul Ricœur, "to capture a common spirit that pervades the writings of Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche."[1] It is defined as a balanced recognition and perception between "explanation" and "understanding" that validates expressions of a representation.[2]
According to Rita Felski, it is
...a distinctively modern style of interpretation that circumvents obvious or self-evident meanings in order to draw out less visible and less flattering truths.[1][note 1]
Types
Ruthellen Josselson explains that "Ricoeur distinguishes between two forms of hermeneutics: a hermeneutics of faith which aims to restore meaning to a text and a hermeneutics of suspicion which attempts to decode meanings that are disguised."[3]
See also
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Sigmund Freud
- Frankfurter Schule
- Jurgen Habermas
- Michel Foucault
- Sheldon Pollock
- The Battle for Sanskrit
Notes
- ^ Rita Felski: "The “hermeneutics of suspicion” is a phrase coined by Paul Ricoeur to capture a common spirit that pervades the writings of Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche. In spite of their obvious differences, he argued, these thinkers jointly constitute a “school of suspicion.” That is to say, they share a commitment to unmasking “the lies and illusions of consciousness;” they are the architects of a distinctively modern style of interpretation that circumvents obvious or self-evident meanings in order to draw out less visible and less flattering truths (Ricoeur 356). Ricoeur’s term has sustained an energetic after-life within religious studies, as well as in philosophy, intellectual history, and related fields[.]"[1]
References
- ^ a b c Felski, Rita (2012), "Critique and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion", M/C Journal, 15 (1), Media culture,
suspicion
. - ^ Ricœur: Hermeneutics of suspicion, University of Toronto.
- ^ Josselson, Ruthellen, The hermeneutics of faith and the hermeneutics of suspicion (PDF).