Gadamer and the limits of the modern techno-scientific civilization [electronic resource] / Stefano Marino.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gadamer's long twentieth century -- Science and technology : the real roots of modernity -- The basic features of our societies : conformism, bureaucracy, and self-alienation -- Cosmopolitan hermeneutics in the age of the "clash of civilizations" -- The possibility of global disasters and the fear for the self-destruction of mankind -- On the problematic character of ethic and aesthetic experiences in the age of science -- Religious experience in a nihilistic epoch -- Hermeneutics, techno-science, enlightenment : a complex "constellation" -- The rehabilitation and universalization of practical knowledge and experience -- Reasonableness, dialogue, and freedom: ethical-political consequences of hermeneutics.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.