Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Philosophy in the Conversation of Mankind 21
6. 2. What is the Difference that Makes a Difference? Gadamer, Habermas, and Rorty 58
7. 3. From Hermeneutics to Praxis 94
8. 4. Nietzsche or Aristotle? Reflections on Alasdair Maclntyre’s After Virtue 115
9. 5. Why Hegel Now? 141
10. 6. Negativity: Theme and Variations 176
11. 7. Heidegger on Humanism 197
12. 8. Judging - the Actor and the Spectator 221
13. 9. Rethinking the Social and the Political 238
14. 10. John Dewey on Democracy: The Task Before Us 260
15. Notes 273
16. Index 305