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Friendship, Otherness, and Gadamer’s Politics of Solidarity

Walhof, Darren R.·2006·Political Theory
DOI 10.1177/0090591706290515
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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.

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Authors
Walhof, D. R.
Affiliations
Grand Valley State University (US)
Corresponding author
Walhof, Darren R.
Venue
Political Theory
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2006-10
Volume
34
Issue
5
Pages
569-593
ISSN
  • 0090-5917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7476
DOI
10.1177/0090591706290515
OpenAlex
W1975929348
Cited by
32
References
30
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Political Theory (publishedVersion)
  • Language arts journal of Michigan (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
Keywords
Hans-Georg Gadamer, solidarity, friendship, otherness, political philosophy, Truth and Method, understanding, recognition

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