Hermeneutics requires both suspicion and attentive listening

Evidence

Hermeneutics seems to me to be animated by this double motivation: willingness to suspect, willingness to listen: vow of rigor, vow of obedience. In our time we have not finished doing away with idols and we have barely begun to listen to symbols. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 6814

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the dual poles of hermeneutics — suspicion (demystification) and listening (recovery of meaning) — a clean two-axis framework.
• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s Deep Listening material: the ‘willingness to listen’ as method parallels Pauline Oliveros’s notion of deep listening as active recovery. — connects to: Deconstruction is a demand for a new hermeneutic model, not a rejection of interpretation. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 264; Psychoanalysis is the only truly new hermeneutic since medieval scriptural exegesis — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1538; The Other’s presence resists phenomenological reduction and doubt (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Attentive listening without judging is itself a rare gift #exemplifies (0.85) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 439
• The Other’s presence resists phenomenological reduction and doubt #expands (0.82)
• Understanding communication means grasping others’ purposes hermeneutically #expands (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 383
• Hermeneutics relates parts to wholes in an endless interpretive circle. #expands (0.80)
• Reflective thought transforms obscurity and conflict into clarity and coherence #expands (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1307
• Comprehension requires conscious confrontation with reality rather than interpretive comfort #qualifies (0.72)
• Linguistic thoughts can be heard as sounds rather than meanings #exemplifies (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 221