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Mediation: In dialectics, mediation is the process through which two opposing forces or ideas are reconciled and a new, higher synthesis is produced. This process is assumed essential for progress and change. See also dialectic, Synthesis, Analysis._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hans-Georg Gadamer on Mediation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 125 Mediation/Art/Representation/Gadamer: Mediation is, according to its idea, a total one. Total mediation means that the mediating cancels itself out. What this means is that reproduction (in the case of drama and music, but also in epic or lyrical performance) as such does not become thematic, but that the work is represented through and in it. >Art, >Artworks, >Representation._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |