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Pour penser un dialogue entre l'herméneutique gadamérienne et la déconstruction derridienne

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Although Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and Derrida's deconstruction are two important school of thoughts on the theory of interpretation, there are little connections between them. Especially after the unsuccessful meeting between Derrida and Gadamer at Paris in 1981, there were practically no collaborations between the two camps. As a result, the existing literatures comparing these two school of thoughts suffer two general problems. First, most focus only on their 1981 debate at Paris. Secondly, even for the commentators who take a wider approach, the investigation is often one-sided, simplifying too much the opposing side of the debate.The present project takes into consideration these difficulties and tries to more comprehensively compare these two theories of interpretation that employ terminologies very different one from the other. Such an approach would allow us to position our comparison with regard to a common point shared between Derrida and Gadamer: their critics of Hegelian Philosophy of Reflection.