ecteesom nay ahd op SHV oagringes opyigh © Cl Ut Pr imeernes Beak dein by Ken Yen 18 oe 1s, Contents it’s Acknowledgments itor Introdction Ingroducory Lecture Part 1. Meolgy ‘Mara: The Critique of Hoge andthe Manazeitr ‘Marne The “First Mani” Marx: The “Phird Manuscript” ‘Mar The German Hao (1) ‘Marx: The German Idole (2) Althoser (3) Akhoser (3) Athos (3) Mannheim Weber (1) Weber (2) Hatermas (2) Habermas (2) Geers 1 159 i a ae - a6Cmtents Part 1. pin 16. Manabi 17, Sain Simen 18. Fourier Notes iiogeaphy Indes as Editor's Acknowledgments Preparation of Pal Ricoeur's lectures or plication has bee sist by numberof people al of whom deserve recogition and thanks fe tei ‘stebations. Though he had no idea tthe ime that his efforts would ‘el he lectres publication, Paul Casey was the person Who taped {il the estes and stored them fr eeserved acces at Harper Library of the University of Chicago, Jim Burris compiled a abridged wansrpt ‘ed on his own taping the etre: those of us who ea the etres in ther orginal presentation knew they were important, But Jim's rane scxpions made thi evident in ch gets deta. In period when my ‘oun tme contains were rest, July Vaughan gve fey from her ow ‘demanding schedale wo hlp me tape the orga rele apes onto ‘mete, which made se transcription ofthe lett a much ier atk Jol Guerra, Jaba Monroe, and Raber Janes al provided hey technical ‘esntence. Diane Laneau helped me gin acoso some important ae ‘anarybibligraphi materi, David Pellauerlcsted some atherwie ‘xcesible Ricoeur material nd made helpful suggestions on the bibliog ‘apy and my introduction. Candice Hoke tonal acomen wan a ve, ly sgatican, expecially in the cathy and late agen of my labors ‘anno magine having a eter dor or cloner fend Finally ny thank 0 Pal Ricoeur, bth for allowing me to undertake this project and for S generously giving of his time inorder to review. greatly vale the ‘pportniy 1 have had to work with ln,Editor's Introduction “The bretth of Paul Ricoeur's work it unsurpassed by pape anyother ‘thinker’ in the world today. Although he is Dest known fr his writings ‘onreligiussymbatem (The Symotsmof Bi and poyhoamalysi (Freud (and Php), is work at encompasses a wide range of dvere— tnd often seminglydiupaate—apheres of dour: theaneofBtory, “lytic philosophy af language, ethics theories of ation, structural, ‘tcl theory, theory, semiatis, pyehoogy, bbl studies, heray ‘theory, ar phenomenology and hermeneutics. Reader an find keeping ‘pwith Ricocur dieu ash ashe ventres onto many diferent Kinde tern. Uno t Riroer's breadth maybe, though, peekape more Surprising ie what ising from his ist themes. Ricoeur i very mach ronal and proesnnally-—in the soil ctrl, and po: Iie if his day, and yet me find in his work no sustained examination this subject mater. Two volun of collected emay, History and Truth snd Pali and Social Ess, Jo present Rene’ views on 2 number social and pital topics, bat thee eye are specie reponse #0 ‘ticular tines, cicumanes, and ecarone* We have tise from Ricoeur an extended analysis of the implications of hs hermenete 3p roach for socal and politcal theory. Publeation of the present volume, Ricoeur lectures on ideology and opi, shold po fa toward addressing this ned? “These lectures were fist deiverod the University f Chicago in the fa 1975, andthe passage of time has ite reed ther importa, ‘They are of significant intrest because of the figures they diseay the ‘hemes they aes, and the contributions they make to Ric's large corpus, Ricoeur offers inthe lectures his St dese analysis of Ka