In hermeneutic analysis, what is the primary goal of interpretation?

Interpretation in our own time, however, is even more complex. For the contemporary zeal for the project ofinterpretation is often prompted not by piety toward the troublesome text (which may conceal an aggression),but by an open aggressiveness, an overt contempt for appearances. The old style of interpretation wasinsistent, but respectful; it erected another meaning on top of the literal one. The modern style of interpretationexcavates, and as it excavates, destroys; it digs “behind” the text, to nd a sub-text which is the true one. Themost celebrated and inuential modern doctrines, those of Marx and Freud, actually amount to elaboratesystems of hermeneutics, aggressive and impious theories of interpretation. All observable phenomena arebracketed, in Freud’s phrase, as manifest content. This manifest content must be probed and pushed aside tond the true meaning—the latent content beneath. For Marx, social events like revolutions and wars; for Freud,the events of individual lives (like neurotic symptoms and slips of the tongue) as well as texts (like a dream or awork of art)—all are treated as occasions for interpretation. According to Marx and Freud, these events onlyseem to be intelligible. Actually, they have no meaning without interpretation. To understand is to interpret. Andto interpret is to restate the phenomenon, in effect to nd an equivalent for it.Thus, interpretation is not (as most people assume) an absolute value, a gesture of mind situated in sometimeless realm of capabilities. Interpretation must itself be evaluated, within a historical view of humanconsciousness. In some cultural contexts, interpretation is a liberating act. It is a means of revising, oftransvaluing, of escaping the dead past. In other cultural contexts, it is reactionary, impertinent, cowardly andstiing.13. What does the author mean by “Thus, interpretation is not…a gesture ofmind situated in some timeless realm of capabilities?”A Interpretation is being evaluative of the meaning created by an authority.B Interpretation is an act of mind which is situated in a changeless domain.C Interpretation is about erecting another meaning on top of the literal one.D Interpretation is act of understanding, developed by timeless experts.E Interpretation is about revisiting and reinventing meanings.

What does the term interpretation mean in the context of studying history?A.An argument that refutes a historian’s claimsB.A method for analyzing events outside their historical contextC.A technique used to convince others to accept an argumentD.A particular historian's understanding of the pastSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What does it mean to interpret something?A.To provide an evaluation or reviewB.To find information about a topicC.To list a source of informationD.To explain or translate the meaning of something

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT an act of interpretation?Downloaded from Cracku.in For MBA/CAT Courses: 6303239042 7/63A Searching for underlying themes in a historical documentB Finding underlying causes of a social evil described in a bookC Labelling a text as blasphemousD Critical appreciation of a literary textE Investigating class-conict in Charles Dicken’s novel

How does the author develop his or her central idea over the course of the in the passage/article?