HERMENEUTIKA SEBAGAI SISTEM INTERPRETASI PAUL RICOEUR DALAM MEMAHAMI TEKS-TEKS SENI

Abstract

Based on hermeneutics’ history, it is known that Paul Ricoeur brings
hermeneutics into activities of interpreting and understanding texts (textual
exegesis). According to Ricoeur, who is a professor of philosophy at Nanterre
University, “Basically the whole philosophy is an interpretation to
interpretation.” He agrees with Nietzsche that “Life itself is an interpretation. If
there emerges plurality of meanings, interpretation is needed”.
To study the hermeneutics of interpretation of Paul Ricoeur, we do not
need to trace its root to the previous growth of this study. Richard E. Palmer
even places Ricoeur’s hermeneutics separated from other previous similar
studies, like the hermeneutics of sacred-book interpretation theory, hermeneutics
of philology method, hermeneutics of linguistic understanding, hermeneutics of
human science foundation (Geisteswissenschaften), and hermeneutics of dasein
phenomenology.
Key words: hermeneutics, interpretation and understanding of text