The possibility of noncongruence, of discrepancy, in many ways already presupposes that individuals as well as collective entities are related to the… - Paul Ricœur

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The possibility of noncongruence, of discrepancy, in many ways already presupposes that individuals as well as collective entities are related to their own lives and to social reality not only in the mode of participation without distance but precisely in the mode of noncongruence. ... The presupposition here is precisely that of a social imagination, operating in both constructive and destructive ways, as both confirmation and contestation of the present situation.

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About Paul Ricœur

Paul Ricœur (1913 – 2005) was a French philosopher famous for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics.

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