Hermeneutics and the 'classic' problem in the human sciences

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 47-63

  How, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

canon; classic text; Hans Georg Gadamer; hermeneutics; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959976219     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695111405277     Document Type: Article

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