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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Saiz, Mauro Javier
Format:	Artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	University of Warsaw. Institute of Philosophy 2023
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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