A Failed Attempt to Finish a Thought Left in Mid-Air by Christopher Hitchens
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https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jah.v0Y2015.53212Keywords:
hermeneutics, writing, Christopher HitchensAbstract
This paper is a short reflection on the nature of hermeneutics and the strange joy and burden of writing. It focuses on a particular form of hesitancy, telling, and re-telling found in a short video clip featuring Christopher Hitchens.
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hermeneutics, writing, Christopher Hitchens
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Gadamer, H-G. (1989). Truth and method (2nd rev.ed, J. Weinsheimer & D.G. Marshall, Trans.). New York, NY: Continuum Books.
Gadamer, H-G. (2001). Gadamer in conversation: Reflections and commentary (R. Palmer, Ed. & Trans.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Gadamer, H-G. (2007). From word to concept: The task of hermeneutics as philosophy. In R. Palmer (Ed. & Trans.), The Gadamer reader: A bouquet of the later writings (pp. 108-122). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
Godless UK (2013, June 30). Christopher Hitchens - Last Public Appearance - Dawkins Award [Video File Dated October 8th 2011]. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud973COUVYs.
Hillman, J. (2006). Anima Mundi: Returning the soul to the world. In J. Hillman, City and soul (pp. 27-49). Putnam, CT: Spring Publications.
Hitchens, C. (2007). God is not great: How religion poisons everything, New York, NY: Twelve Books.
Jardine, D. (2015). An ode to Xmas present. On-line: https://www.academia.edu/10101433/An_Ode_to_Xmas_Present.
ObjectiveBob (2010, July 5). Christopher Hitchens makes a shocking confession [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9TMwfkDwIY.
Sartre, J.P. (1970). Intentionality: A fundamental idea in Husserl's phenomenology. Journal for the British Society for Phenomenology, 1(2), 3-5.
Smith, D.G. (1999). Pedagon: Interdisciplinary essays on pedagogy and culture. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
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