Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is often treated as a philosophical discipline—a theory about how we understand texts, meaning, and experience. But this is not where it begins. Long before it became a theory, hermeneutics was something people did. It emerged wherever meaning was not immediately clear—where language failed, where cultures met,

This review examines Richard Whatmore’s contribution to the field of intellectual history, a work of notable clarity and ambition.. The review was published in the Journal of Faith and the Academy 9, no. 2 (Fall 2016): 93-95. Book Review Whatmore, Richard. What is Intellectual History? Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.