The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue
This article devises a social hermeneutical framework to make sense of the problem of the conflict of polarized ideologies. First, it discusses the problem of irrationality in belief and behavior, arguing for a contextual and non-reductionist account of rationality. Second, it shows how a social her...
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| description | This article devises a social hermeneutical framework to make sense of the problem of the conflict of polarized ideologies. First, it discusses the problem of irrationality in belief and behavior, arguing for a contextual and non-reductionist account of rationality. Second, it shows how a social hermeneutical approach can provide a useful toolbox for social epistemology. Third, drawing from Paul Ricœur’s notions of the conflict of interpretations and of constitutive and pathological ideologies, it redescribes pathological ideologies as totalizing systems of beliefs in which subjects fall under the spell of a mechanism of hermeneutical delusion, leaving them in a state of ideological bias. Finally, it discusses the possibility of tackling the problem of hermeneutical delusion and polarized ideologies through fostering hermeneutical dialogue geared towards mutual understanding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcb626c8d7e7408e81709a06699e26842022-12-22T01:21:46ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghÉtudes Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies2156-78082022-07-01131688910.5195/errs.2022.595293The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and DialogueGonçalo Marcelo0CECH, Universidade de CoimbraThis article devises a social hermeneutical framework to make sense of the problem of the conflict of polarized ideologies. First, it discusses the problem of irrationality in belief and behavior, arguing for a contextual and non-reductionist account of rationality. Second, it shows how a social hermeneutical approach can provide a useful toolbox for social epistemology. Third, drawing from Paul Ricœur’s notions of the conflict of interpretations and of constitutive and pathological ideologies, it redescribes pathological ideologies as totalizing systems of beliefs in which subjects fall under the spell of a mechanism of hermeneutical delusion, leaving them in a state of ideological bias. Finally, it discusses the possibility of tackling the problem of hermeneutical delusion and polarized ideologies through fostering hermeneutical dialogue geared towards mutual understanding.http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/595conflict of interpretationshermeneutical delusionideologysocial hermeneutics |
| spellingShingle | Gonçalo Marcelo The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies conflict of interpretations hermeneutical delusion ideology social hermeneutics |
| title | The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue |
| title_full | The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue |
| title_fullStr | The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue |
| title_short | The Hermeneutics of Polarized Ideologies. Conflict, (Ir)rationality and Dialogue |
| title_sort | hermeneutics of polarized ideologies conflict ir rationality and dialogue |
| topic | conflict of interpretations hermeneutical delusion ideology social hermeneutics |
| url | http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/595 |
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