Convergence of Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics with Hiebert’s Cultural Symbolism

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10.2991/978-2-38476-424-2_56How to use a DOI?

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Ssymbol; Ricoeur; Hiebert

Abstract

This study aims to deconstruct the understanding of symbolism according to Freud and his followers. This deconstruction process is built from Ricoeur’s philosophical method towards cultural aspects that have a spectrum of bias if not viewed from the right perspective. Ricoeur’s method becomes a precise instrument in elaborating and articulating the meaning of symbolism. Symbolism is one of the entities that needs to be measured and captured with the right lens. Ricoeur’s hermeneutic proposal was put forward because Freud with his psychoanalysis and the structuralism movement tried to disrupt the meaning of symbolism in an inaccurate way. In the medium of text, Freud’s analysis shifts the explanation of symbols to the subconscious. The emphasis on Freud’s cogito and structuralism forced Ricoeur to dismantle the walls of Western hermeneutics that were closed to other cultures. Through Hiebert’s symbolism, Ricoeur’s hermeneutics finds allies in different domains. This article uses philosophical analysis to draw a line of convergence between Ricoeur’s text world and Hiebert’s cultural world in understanding symbolic entities based on their initial awareness. The result obtained is an agreement that symbols are a natural language that must be seen and heard from their original context.

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AU  - Valentino Wariki
AU  - Olivia Cherly Wuwung
AU  - Semuel Selanno
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/16
TI  - Convergence of Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics with Hiebert’s Cultural Symbolism
BT  - Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Christian and Inter-Religious Studies (ICC-IRS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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