The Value of Motherland: An Introduction to a Hermeneutic Philosophy of Politics
Andrzej Przyłębski
LIT Verlag, Munster/Zurich 2021
Hermeneutic Philosophy is one of the most important currents of contemporary philosophy. This book presents the basic concepts necessary for a hermeneutic approach to politics and the political. It is here that the fundamental meaning of such categories as culture, nation, state, tradition, language, history as a community of fate appears. The author negates the postmodern character of this current and analyzes the place of the concept of freedom, and thus the relationship of Hermeneutic Philosophy to liberalism and republicanism. It is clear that the Hermeneutic Philosophy of politics supports the communal, republican attitude. The relationship between national sovereignty and European responsibility, in the context of the absolutisation of individual freedom, the criticism of the nation state and the family as the basic cell of social life, are reflected as well.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1: The Hermeneutic Turn in European Philosophy
1.1 From Hermeneutics to Hermeneutic Philosophy
1.2 Hermeneutic Reason
Chapter 2: Hermeneutic Philosophy is Not Postmodernism
2.1 Postmodernism – its Ideological Core
2.2 Derrida’s Deconstruction as an Example of Postmodern Thought
2.3 The Radical Hermeneutics of John D. Caputo
2.4 A Critique of Postmodern Thought
2.5 Why Hermeneutic Philosophy is Not Postmodernism
Chapter 3: What Hermeneutic Philosophy has Learned from Classic German Philosophy
3.1 Kant’s Practical Philosophy and Anthropology
3.2 Fichte’s Philosophy of Freedom
3.3 Hegel’s Theory of Modern Society
Chapter 4: Categorial Foundations of the Hermeneutic Grasp of the Political
4.1 Ethics from the Perspective of Hermeneutic Philosophy
4.2 The Nation as a Language Community
4.3 Tradition as a Nation’s Spiritual Repository
Chapter 5: Hermeneutic Philosophy of Politics. A Prolegomenon
5.1 How Hermeneutic Philosophy of Politics Relates to the Ideology of Liberalism
5.2 Hermeneutics in Regard to Communitarianism and Republicanism
5.3 Fundamental Values of Hermeneutic Philosophy of Politics
5.4 Recapitulation
Chapter 6: Why Does Poland Constitute a Value?
Chapter 7: A Nation’s Freedom and European Responsibility