Editing Hermeneutics (section)

=== Education ===

Hermeneutics motivates a broad range of applications in educational theory. The connection between hermeneutics and education has deep historical roots. The ancient Greeks gave the interpretation of poetry a central place in educational practice, as indicated by Dilthey: "systematic exegesis (''hermeneia'') of the poets developed out of the demands of the educational system."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dilthey |first1=W. |title=The rise of hermeneutics |journal=New Literary History |volume=3 |page=234}}</ref> 

Gadamer more recently wrote on the topic of education,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gadamer |first1=Hans-Georg |title=Hans-Georg Gadamer on education, poetry, and history: Applied hermeneutics |date=1992 |publisher=SUNY Press |location=Albany}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gadamer |first1=Hans-Georg |title=Education is self-education |journal=Journal of Philosophy of Education |date=2001 |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=529–538|doi=10.1111/1467-9752.00243 }}</ref> and more recent treatments of educational issues across various hermeneutical approaches are to be found in Fairfield<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fairfield |first1=Paul |title=Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics |date=2011 |publisher=Continuum |location=New York}}</ref> and Gallagher.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gallagher |first1=Shaun |title=Hermeneutics and Education |date=1992 |publisher=SUNY |location=Albany}}</ref>