Scott Davidson Libros

The book offers a novel framework for understanding life through a dualistic integrated phenomenology, focusing on the contrasting perspectives of philosophers Paul Ricoeur and Michel Henry. It explores their debates on Freud and Marx, highlighting how these discussions reflect two competing approaches to phenomenology. By providing a comparative study, it delves into the implications of their philosophies, enriching the discourse on the nature of human experience and existence.

Focusing on the media's portrayal of ageing, this book explores how older voters are framed amidst economic pessimism and fears of inter-generational conflict. It examines the intersection of political communication and media narratives within an ageist society, urging a re-evaluation of how later life is depicted. By analyzing the electoral challenges political parties face in response to an ageing population, it serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the dynamics of media representation and political strategy.

Hermeneutics and Phenomenology in Paul Ricoeur: Between Text and Phenomenon calls attention to the dynamic interaction that takes place between hermeneutics and phenomenology in Ricoeur’s thought. It could be said that Ricoeur’s thought is placed under a twofold demand: between the rigor of the text and the requirements of the phenomenon. The rigor of the text calls for fidelity to what the text actually says, while the requirement of the phenomenon is established by the Husserlian call to return “to the things themselves.” These two demands are interwoven insofar as there is a hermeneutic component of the phenomenological attempt to go beyond the surface of things to their deeper meaning, just as there is a phenomenological component of the hermeneutic attempt to establish a critical distance toward the world to which we belong. For this reason, Ricoeur’s thought involves a back and forth movement between the text and the phenomenon. Although this double movement was atheme of many of Ricoeur’s essays in the middle of his career, the essays in this book suggest that hermeneutic phenomenology remains implicit throughout his work. The chapters aim to highlight, in much greater detail, how this back and forth movement between phenomenology and hermeneutics takes place with respect to many important philosophical themes, including the experience of the body, history, language, memory, personal identity, and intersubjectivity.