| Back | hermeneutic /hur-muh-NOO-tik, -NYOO-/ |
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| Front | adjective Interpretive or explanatory. [From Greek hermeneutikos (of interpreting), from hermeneuein (to interpret), from hermeneus (interpreter). After Hermes in Greek mythology, who served as a messenger and herald for other gods, and who himself was the god of eloquence, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.] "Musically, the soundtrack is a trashy genre-fest that provokes a kind of hermeneutic overload. Is it for a horror film, a B-grade sci-fi, a masterpiece of Soviet cinema? Or a kung-fu flick, a western, or a gangster movie?" - Cameron Woodhead; The Session; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Jun 19, 2006. hermeneutics noun (functioning as sing) 1. The science of interpretation, esp of Scripture. 2. The branch of theology that deals with the principles and methodology of exegesis. 3. philosophy The study and interpretation of human behaviour and social institutions. In existentialist thought, the discussion of the purpose of life. It is called application hermeneutics, meaning that you know in advance who are supposed to be the good ones and who the bad ones. One way of viewing serialism is to see it as a sort of giant affective device in the hermeneutics of modern music. In so doing, it has always favored philology and archaeology, all the while avoiding the more capacious domain of hermeneutics. |
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