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标题：The Hermeneutics of (Im)politeness: A Gadamerian Perspective
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作者：Cynthia R. Nielsen
期刊名称：Ruch Filozoficzny
印刷版ISSN：0035-9599
出版年度：2020
卷号：76
期号：4
页码：187-205
DOI：10.12775/33069
语种：French
出版社：Nicolaus Copernicus University Press
摘要：Central to Gadamerian hermeneutics is dialogical engagement, a back and forth “play” (Spiel) among interlocutors. For Gadamer, texts as well as works of art function as interlocutors capable of addressing and making a claim upon us. However, whether engaging a human dialogue partner or a text, one must approach the other with openness, which can be understood as a hermeneutic virtue. Consequently, in order for a fruitful dialogue to occur, one must embody a specifc comportment to the other. In this sense, hermeneutics exhibits a politeness of sorts. If one considers the Latin roots (politus, polire) from which we derive our English term “polite,” relevant connections with notion of refnement and being “polished” emerge. That is, to be polite is in some sense to exhibit refnement, which often comes through a process of training or even suﬀering. One the one hand, openness to the other involves politeness or refnement in that one demonstrates respect for the other in a genuine willingness to hear the other’s view. Such refnement has been achieved through experience (Erfahrung) and continues to be achieved through dialogical engagement with others. On the other, it is also the case that hermeneutical dialogue involves elements of impoliteness, where one transgresses social norms in order to provoke a thoughtful, self-reﬂective response.
关键词：Gadamer;philosophical hermeneutics;dialogue;openness;hermeneutic virtue;politeness