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Text of and reflection on the 1981 encounter between Hans-Georg Gadamer and Jacques Derrida, which featured a dialogue between hermeneutics in Germany and post-structuralism in France.
Preface
Introduction
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2. Human Coercion: A Fly in the Process Ointment?
3. Evil: Does Process Theism...
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