Introduction Paul Fairfield and Saulius Geniusas Part 1: Figures 1. Hegel, Hermeneutics, and Phenomenology, Tom Rockmore, Peking University, China 2. Dilthey's Path: From the Legacy of Boeckh and Droysen to the Foundation of the Human Sciences on a Hermeneutical Logic of Life , Jean-Claude Gens, University of Bourgogne, France 3. Husserl's Hermeneutics: From Intuition of Lived Experiences to the Horizonal Life-World , Dermot Moran, University College Dublin, Ireland 4. Towards a Primordial, Pretheoretical Science: The Hermeneutical Turn of Phenomenology in the Young Heidegger's Thought , Sophie-Jan Arrien, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 5. Gadamer and the Philosophy of Science , Lawrence Schmidt, University of Chicago, USA 6. Ricoeur's Unrecognized Debt to Merleau-Ponty , John Arthos, Indiana University Bloomington, USA 7. The Stuff that Dreams are Made of: Max Scheler and Paul Ricoeur on Productive Imagination , Saulius Geniusas, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Part 2: Themes 8.

Phenomenology as Hermeneutics , Kevin Hart, University of Virginia, USA 9. What 'Phenomenon' for Hermeneutics? Remarks on the Hermeneutical Vocation of Phenomenology , Claudio Majolino and Aurélien Djian, University of Lille, France 10. Phenomenology and the Givenness of the Hermeneutic Circle , James Mensch, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 11. The Metaphysical Dimension of Hermeneutics , Jean Grondin, University of Ottawa, Canada 12. Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Religion: Restoring the Fullness of Knowing , Jens Zimmerman, Trinity Western University, Canada 13. Traces of Endings: Interpreting Absence Phenomenologically , Felix Murchadha, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland 14. Hermeneutics, Pragmatism, and Foucault , Carlos Prado, Queen's University, Canada 15. Hermeneutics and the Critique of Globalization , Gianni Vattimo, independent scholar Index.