Lauren Swayne Barthold

Lauren Swayne Barthold (born 1965) is an American philosopher and Philosophy Professor at Emerson College. Previously she was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gordon College, with tenure, and has also taught at Haverford College, Siena College and Endicott College. Barthold is known for her works on Gadamer's thought.[2][3][4][5] She is a co-founder and former president of the North American Society of Philosophical Hermeneutics.[6] In 2018 she co-founded the Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement, a non-profit devoted to dialogue and deliberation, and currently serves as its program developer.[7]

Lauren Swayne Barthold
Born1965
EducationNew School for Social Research (PhD), Simon Fraser University (MA), Regent College (MCS), George Washington University (BA)
SpousePablo Muchnik[1]
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
InstitutionsEndicott College (2017-)
Gordon College (2005-2016)
ThesisThe Truth of Hermeneutics: The Self and Other in Dialogue in the Thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer (2002)
Doctoral advisorRichard J. Bernstein
Main interests
hermeneutics

Reception

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Tina Fernandes Botts calls Barthold’s book on hermeneutic approach to gender "subtle" and "satisfying", "because it caringly and responsibly articulates what is good and right about current feminist thinking in the hermeneutic vein on the topic of social identity, while at the same time gently highlighting the ways in which this thinking diverges from Gadamer’s own thinking."[8]

Books

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  • Overcoming Polarization in the Public Square: Civic Dialogue, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
  • A Hermeneutic Approach to Gender and Other Social Identities, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
  • Gadamer’s Dialectical Hermeneutics, Rowman and Littlefield, 2010

References

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  1. ^ "FEATURE: Towards A Shalom Feminism". www.gordon.edu.
  2. ^ Bowler, Michael (4 April 2010). "Review of Gadamer's Dialectical Hermeneutics". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  3. ^ Matarazzo, Tiziana (29 October 2016). "Get to Know Our Fellows: Four Questions with Lauren Swayne Barthold | Humility & Conviction in Public Life".
  4. ^ "Book Spotlight: A Hermeneutic Approach to Social Identities by Lauren Swayne Barthold". Hermeneutical Movements. 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ Botts, Tina Fernandes (2018). "In Black and White: A Hermeneutic Argument against Transracialism". Res Philosophica. 95 (2): 303–329. doi:10.11612/resphil.1626.
  6. ^ "HI Distinguished Guest Lecture Series Humanities Institute". UCD Humanities Institute (HI).
  7. ^ "Heathmere Center For Cultural Engagement".
  8. ^ Botts, Tina Fernandes (Fall 2017). "A Hermeneutic Approach to Gender and Other Social Identities" (PDF). APA Newsletter: 16.
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