Ricoeur on time: From Husserl to Augustine

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Ricoeur on time: From Husserl to Augustine
 
Creator Malan, Gert J.
 
Subject Philosophy and Theology; Eidetic and Hermeneutic Phenomenology Ricoeur; time; Husserl; Augustine; phenomenology of time; hermeneutics and time; time and perception; aporias of time; transcendental imagination; being of time; nonbeing of time; measurement of time; intentio; distentio; eternity; narrative time
Description The development in Ricoeur’s concept of time did not receive as much attention as his move from eidetic to hermeneutic phenomenology and his  Time and Narrative, with which it coincided. This paper attends to the lacuna, specifically departing from Ricoeur’s Husserlian eidetics and moving towards the influence of Augustine’s discussion of the main aporias of time. Initially, Paul Ricoeur’s philosophic approach can be described as a Husserlian eidetic phenomenology, which influenced the way in which he understood time. This changed somewhat when Ricoeur moved from eidetic to hermeneutic phenomenology. Ricoeur has developed his understanding of the concept of time since his initial writings up to the end of his academic career of 70 years. This article focusses on Ricoeur’s initial eidetic approach in Freedom and Nature and, in more existential terms, in Fallible man, but also focusses on the initial phase of his turn to hermeneutics in Volume 1 of Time and Narrative with his exposition of Augustine’s views on time. His eidetic approach stems from his appreciation for and extension of the work of Husserl, Marcel and Kant, while he also drew much from Heidegger and Gadamer after his hermeneutic turn. His initial arguments on the hermeneutic phenomenology of time flow from Augustine’s discussions of the aporias of time. The later extension of his understanding of time to include emplotment was a logical next step.
 
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Contributor None
Date 2017-04-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v73i1.4499
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 73, No 1 (2017); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4499/9434 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4499/9433 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4499/9435 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4499/9405
 
Coverage Europe 20th Century Writings of Ricoeur and secondary references
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Gert J. Malan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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