Habermas and Ricoeur’s Depth Hermeneutics

Vinicio Busacchi is Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Philosophy at the University of Cagliari, Italy. He is a Member of the interdisciplinary research group on “Psychoanalysis, Hermeneutics and Phenomenology” in Rome. His research interests are focused in epistemology and hermeneutics. He has published various articles on the philosophy of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, anthropology, and the philosophy of history. His published books include Ricœur vs. Freud (Paris, 2011), Pour une herméneutique critique (Paris, 2013), and The recognition principle (Newcastle 2015).

Preface.- Introduction: Methodenstreit and Psychoanalysis as Hermeneutics.- Part1: Habermas' interpretation of Freud.- Chapter 1: From the KritischeTheorieto the Tiefenhermeneutik.- Chapter 2: Reflexionswissenschaft versus Tiefenhermeneutik.- Part 2: Ricoeur's interpretation of Freud.- Chapter 3: Ricoeur: the encounter with psychoanalysis and his first philosophical research.- Chapter 4: The unconscious as a principally affective matter.- Chapter 5: The hermeneutics of psychoanalysis of Freud and Philosophy (1965).- Chapter 6: The philosophy of psychoanalysis after Freud and Philosophy.- Conclusion: A productive distortion.