Abstract The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction in the urban space. First, relevant aspects of urban encounters are briefly discussed with philosophical hermeneutics’ relation to nonverbal communication and bodily understanding. Second, hermeneutic understanding is presented as conversation, and the ethical implications of hermeneutics are articulated: as philosophical practice, Gadamerian hermeneutics is about intensifying the voice of the other. There is a demand for mutual openness towards otherness. Connected to this attitude required for hermeneutic encounters are the ideas of a cosmopolitan public sphere and an inclusive hermeneutic community. After attending to these, the value of specifically urban encounters can be articulated. Urban context and built environment can in good circumstances assist in encountering the other hermeneutically. The passing communicative situations can be negotiations of meanings and values, instances of public sphere. The urban mass society with its crowds has potentiality to enact an inclusive hermeneutic community. To conclude, the consequences of our failures to engage hermeneutically with each other are discussed in a plea for hermeneutic openness.

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哲学诠释学与城市遭遇

摘要本文将伽达默尔诠释学应用于城市空间中非语言社会互动的日常情况。首先，通过哲学解释学与非语言交流和身体理解的关系，简要讨论了城市遭遇的相关方面。其次，诠释学理解是通过对话来表达的，并且阐释了诠释学的伦理意义：作为哲学实践，伽达默尔诠释学是在增强对方的声音。要求对其他事物相互开放。与诠释学相遇所需的这种态度相关的是一个国际化的公共领域和一个包容性的诠释学社区的思想。参加这些活动后，可以明确指出特定城市遭遇的价值。城市环境和建筑环境在良好的情况下可以帮助遇到其他的诠释学。传递中的交流情况可以是意义和价值的谈判，是公共领域的实例。拥挤的城市群众社会有潜力建立一个包容性的诠释社区。总而言之，我们在解释学公开性的呼吁中讨论了我们未能相互理解的后果。