Taylor and Vattimo on the place of culture in political practical reasoning
Abstract: Philosophical hermeneutics has become an unavoidable reference in the field throughout the twentieth century but has seldom been extended to draw conclusions in the area of political theory. Two intellectuals that have contributed to such a project are Charles Taylor and Gianni Vattimo, although they exhibit some important differences in key aspects of this enterprise, both at the level of the conceptual premises and at that of the prescribed policies and objectives. Here I examine these thinkers’ notion of tradition – an essential feature of hermeneutical theories – its ontological underpinnings, and the place each of them assign to it in sociopolitical decision-making, especially in the context of multicultural societies. In the end, I argue for the superiority of Taylor’s model of understanding and employing tradition in current political and moral debates.
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| Format: | Artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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University of Warsaw. Institute of Philosophy
2023
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| Subjects: | Taylor, Charles, 1931-, Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-, MULTICULTURALISMO, HERMENEUTICA, RAZON PRACTICA, |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18308 |
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| Summary: | Abstract: Philosophical hermeneutics has become an unavoidable reference in the field throughout the twentieth century
but has seldom been extended to draw conclusions in the area of political theory. Two intellectuals that have
contributed to such a project are Charles Taylor and Gianni Vattimo, although they exhibit some important
differences in key aspects of this enterprise, both at the level of the conceptual premises and at that of the
prescribed policies and objectives. Here I examine these thinkers’ notion of tradition – an essential feature of
hermeneutical theories – its ontological underpinnings, and the place each of them assign to it in sociopolitical
decision-making, especially in the context of multicultural societies. In the end, I argue for the superiority of
Taylor’s model of understanding and employing tradition in current political and moral debates. |
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