Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, and Prudence in the Interpretation of the Constitution

Authors

Eugene Garver, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1997

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Ethics and Political Philosophy | Philosophy

Abstract

Book Description:

This book initiates a discussion among scholars in rhetoric and hermeneutics in many areas of the humanities. Twenty leading thinkers explore the ways these two powerful disciplines inform each other and influence a wide variety of intellectual fields. Walter Jost and Michael J. Hyde organize pivotal topics in rhetoric and hermeneutics with originality and coherence, dividing their book into four sections: Locating the Disciplines; Inventions and Applications; Arguments and Narratives; and Civic Discourse and Critical Theory. For readers across the humanities, the book demonstrates the usefulness of rhetorical and hermeneutic approaches in literary, philosophical, legal, religious, and political thinking.

Comments

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Series: Yale studies in hermeneutics.

Recommended Citation

Garver, Eugene. “Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, and Prudence in the Interpretation of the Constitution.” In Rhetoric and Hermeneutics in Our Time: A Reader, edited by Walter Jost and Michael J. Hyde, 171-195. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.