| ID | 073754 |
| Title Proper | Friendship, otherness, and Gadamer'spolitics of solidarity |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walhof, Darren R |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article makes the political dimension of Gadamer's thought more explicit by examining the interplay of three concepts in his work: solidarity, friendship, and the other. Focusing primarily on certain post-Truth and Method writings, I argue that Gadamer's conception of solidarity has to do with historically contingent manifestations of bonds that reflect a civic life together of reciprocal co-perception. These bonds go beyond conscious recognition of observable similarities and differences and emerge from encounters among those who are, and remain, in important ways other to each other. I make this case through an analysis of Gadamer's phenomenology of friendship and the crucial role of otherness in his accounts of both understanding and friendship. I suggest that Gadamer's political thought gives us a way of conceptualizing solidarity and otherness without making the other same or leaving the other completely other. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Theory Vol. 34, No. 5; Oct 2006: p569-593 |
| Journal Source | Political Theory Vol: 34 No 5 |
| Key Words | Political Theory ; Gadamer ; Solidarity ; Friendship ; Recognition |