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Introduction

The introduction contends that text and context are inseparable and that Hobbes takes on the character and persona of those who appropriate him for purposes of exploitation, or denigration. It begins with a brief introduction to Hobbes’s immediate historical context and the controversies to which he responded and contributed. For the justification of the approach taken reference is made to the body of literature broadly termed hermeneutics. The contention, in brief, is that epistemological hermeneutics does not adequately account for the situatedness of the interpreter and, like Hobbes himself, holds out the hope of overcoming the difficulties of attaching the meaning of a text to the psychology of the author. Referring to Dewey, Heidegger, Gadamer, his disciple Koselleck, and Ricoeur, it is contended that the inevitable distancing of the text from its author, context, and time facilitates appropriation, but also acts as an impediment to retrieving authorial intentions.

Oxford University Press

David Boucher

Oxford Scholarship Online

2018

Title: Introduction

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The introduction contends that text and context are inseparable and that Hobbes takes on the character and persona of those who appropriate him for purposes of exploitation, or denigration.

It begins with a brief introduction to Hobbes’s immediate historical context and the controversies to which he responded and contributed.

For the justification of the approach taken reference is made to the body of literature broadly termed hermeneutics.

The contention, in brief, is that epistemological hermeneutics does not adequately account for the situatedness of the interpreter and, like Hobbes himself, holds out the hope of overcoming the difficulties of attaching the meaning of a text to the psychology of the author.

Referring to Dewey, Heidegger, Gadamer, his disciple Koselleck, and Ricoeur, it is contended that the inevitable distancing of the text from its author, context, and time facilitates appropriation, but also acts as an impediment to retrieving authorial intentions.

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