Paul Ricoeur: From Hermeneutics to Ethics

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Morny Joy
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Modes Of Action ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Ways Of Being

Paul Ricoeur’s early appreciation of hermeneutics introduced a dynamic interaction between a reader and a text. Employing both explanation and understanding, aided by the catalyst of Kantian creative imagination, Ricoeur revitalized hermeneutics from being simply a method of interpreting the literal meaning of a text. Such an openness to the text, as a form of otherness, initiated new insights into human ways of being and acting. In time, however, Ricoeur became disheartened by the unmerited suffering that he witnessed human beings were inflicting on other beings. He qualified his hermeneutic foundations so as to introduce compassion and justice as modes of action towards rejected and mistreated others.

scholarly journals Fragile Identities, Capable Selves

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger W.H. Savage
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Martha Nussbaum ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Dominant Class ◽  
Economic Discrimination ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Struggle For Recognition

The spotlight that Martha Nussbaum turns on the plight of women in developing nations brings the disproportion between human capabilities and the opportunities to exercise them sharply into focus. Social prejudices, economic discrimination, and deep-seated traditions and attitudes all harbor the seeds of systemic injustices within governing policies and institutions. The refusal on the part of a dominant class to recognize the rights and claims of subaltern individuals and groups has both symbolic and material consequences. The power that one group exercises over another brings the refusal to recognize the rights and claims of others to the fore. Thanks to the moral priority that Paul Ricoeur accords to the victim against such refusals, I tie the fragility of identity to the idea of justice’s federating force. This federating force, I therefore argue, accompanies the struggle for recognition among capable human beings.  

scholarly journals SIMBOLISME DALAM PESTA DALOK SUKU UUD DANUM: Perspektif Hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-197
Author(s):  
Trio Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Supreme Being

The feast of Dalok is the highlight of the feast in the series of death-rites performed by Dayak Uud Danum’s tribe in Serawai, District of Sintang, West Borneo. It is the biggest feast celebrated by this tribe. There are plenty of Symbols found in the rites, and they are picturing the relationship among the human beings and also between the people and The Supreme Being, Tahala’. These Symbols are tied each other very closely like a knot. The author of this article is using Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics to reread and reveal the meaning of symbolical knots which are acceptable to the public.   Pesta Dalok adalah puncak dari rangkaian upacara kematian dalam suku Dayak Uud Danum di Serawai, Kab. Sintang, Kalimantan Barat. Pesta Dalok menjadi pesta terbesar yang dilaksanakan oleh suku ini. Ada begitu banyak simbol dalam ritus-ritus di pesta ini dan semuanya menggambarkan relasi antara sesama manusia maupun antar manusia dengan Realitas Tertinggi, Tahala’. Simbol-simbol ini saling berhubungan dengan sangat erat ibarat sebuah simpul. Penulis menggunakan hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur untuk membaca ulang dan membuka makna dari simpul-simpul simbolik yang dapat diterima oleh masyarakat.

Paul Ricœur: Symbols of Good and Evil in History, the Bible and in our Time.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Marieke Maes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The Will ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Good And Evil

In his The Symbolism of Evil Ricœur explores the dynamics of human consciousness of evil in different cultures and times. Consciousness of evil is examined by looking at the different prevailing symbols wherein human beings confess their experience with evil. Although appeared in 1960, this study is still cited in recent publications in psychology, cultural anthropology and religion. In this article I describe the context of The Symbolism of Evil as the last part of Ricœur’s study of the will and give a summary of its relevant content.

scholarly journals Ricœur’s Affirmation of Life in this World and his Journey to Ethics

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-123
Author(s):  
Morny Joy
Keyword(s):  
Good Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Affirmation Of Life

Although Paul Ricœur never wrote a book on acting and suffering, the essay focuses on Ricœur’s engagement with this topic. It was one of Ricœur’s abiding interests that consistently appeared over the years in a number of his works. Given his compassionate affirmation of life in this world, he was vitally concerned about human beings’ inhumanity, in the form of inflicting unmerited suffering on their fellow beings. His distress on this issue was clearly evident. This essay is an overview of Ricœur’s endeavors to try and alleviate such injustice by a commitment to an ethically grounded approach that aimed at “the good life with and for others, in just institutions.”

scholarly journals UN ESSAI D’APPROFONDISSEMENT SOCIOLOGIQUE DE L’ANTHROPOLOGIE CAPACITAIRE DE PAUL RICOEUR

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Breviglieri
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Upper Level

This article considers two sociological postures in relation to Paul Ricoeur’s anthropology of capable man. The first sociological approach scrutinizes the concept of human capacity from the perspective of Ricoeur’s hermeneutics. The second approach elaborated here aims to study the fundamental phenomena of the practical sphere exposed in Philosophie de la volonté. The question of capacities is raised to the upper level, where primitive sensitive experiences are carried out and human beings are still considered to be dependent on vital functions. A reflection will be carried out on the inner certainty of being able to be capable and consubstantial foundation of a practical space integrated by familiarity with the body schema. This study will allow for a critical illumination of social policies currently focused on the activation of individual capacities.

Literature and the Philosophy of Paul Ricœur

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 203-210
Author(s):  
Valdés Mario J.
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Paul Ricœur

PAUL RICOEUR (1913-2005)

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (109) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jorge Enrique González
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Siglo Xx

<p>Hace cien años nació en Valence (Francia) el filósofo Paul Ricoeur. Su obra ha sido objeto de variados análisis, y ha sido el origen de una gran cantidad de estudios filosóficos así como propios del ámbito las ciencias humanas y sociales contemporáneas. En estas breves líneas, se quiere rendir homenaje a uno de los pensadores más importantes del siglo XX y comienzos del XXI, destacando no solo su trabajo estrictamente filosófico, sino una peculiaridad de su trabajo que lo aproxima de manera decisiva a algunas de las disciplinas de las ciencias humanas y sociales.</p>

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