The link, the abstract:
"This essay argues that Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics,
Jürgen Habermas’s communication theory, and Jacques Derrida’s
deconstruction all fit together within one philosophical paradigm:
metamodernism. Metamodernism, as defined, is opposed to both modernism
and radical forms of postmodernism. Within metamodernism, a political
conundrum provides the key clue for understanding
the relations among Gadamer, Habermas, and Derrida as well as for
elaborating the contours of the paradigm. Specifically, the political
implications of the three philosophies are intransitive: they seem to
shift around rather than being in fixed relations to each other. So,
for instance, Gadamer sometimes seems to the political right of both
Habermas and Derrida, but then, at different times, he stands between
them, and then again, at other times, he seems to be to the left of
both. This political paradox suggests that the traditional (modernist)
political categories of liberalism and conservatism do not suitably
reflect the critical positions within metamodernism. Gadamer,
Habermas, and Derrida are far more concerned with explaining the
possibility and techniques of interpretive and social critique, while
remaining true to the metamodernist paradigm, rather than fitting
themselves into the traditional liberal or conservative political
camps."
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