Critical Hermeneutics: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives in Turkey on the Understanding and Interpretation of the Qur'an (Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān)

‎Contents
‎Acknowledgements
‎Notes on Citations
‎Chapter 1. Introduction
	‎1. Status of Prior Research
	‎2. The Ankara School: History and Hermeneutics
	‎3. A Return to Theoretical Deliberation
	‎4. The Problem of Subjectivity–Objectivity
	‎5. Overall Structure and Conceptual Framework
‎Chapter 2. What Is Qurʾanic Hermeneutics?
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. Körner’s Study of Revisionist Qurʾanic Hermeneutics
	‎3. An Alternative Definition of Qurʾanic Hermeneutics
	‎4. Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics
	‎5. Qurʾanic Hermeneutics and the Statement
	‎6. Conclusion
‎Chapter 3. A Case against Subjectivity and Relativism: The Hermeneutics of Dücane Cündioğlu
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. The Meaning of Understanding the Qurʾan
	‎3. Hermeneutical Beginnings
	‎4. Qurʾanic Hermeneutics and Subjectivity
	‎5. Polysemy, Subjectivity, and the Qurʾan
	‎6. The Natural Relations of Expressions
	‎7. Hermeneutics in Practice
	‎8. The Evaporation of Meaning and the Qurʾan
	‎9. Objectivity, Subjectivity, and the Justification of Interpretations
	‎10. The Qurʾan as a Linguistic Event
	‎11. Lisan and kelam
	‎12. The Diachronic Aspects of Understanding
	‎13. Conclusive Remarks
‎Chapter 4. Subjective Bearing Is More Fundamental to Understanding Than Objective Method: The Hermeneutics of Recep Alpyağıl
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. The Problem of Private Language and Subjectivist Qurʾanic Readings
	‎3. The Qurʾan and Art
	‎4. Seeing-as
	‎5. Faith and History
	‎6. Closing Remarks
‎Chapter 5. Between Subjective Scruples and Objective Historical Reconstruction: The Hermeneutics of Mustafa Öztürk
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. Rehabilitating the Historical
	‎3. The Two Stages of Interpretation: Reconstruction and Mediation
	‎4. Reconstruction: An Archaeology of Meaning
	‎5. Mediation
	‎6. The Inescapable Particularity of Narratives
	‎7. Rediscovering God
	‎8. The Teleology of the Sharīʿa
	‎9. Responding to Criticism
	‎10. The Ethics of Interpretative Claims
	‎11. Guarding the Lines between taḥrīf and taʾwīl
	‎12. Concluding Remarks
‎Chapter 6. Truth, Subjectivity, and Method
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. Truth and Spirituality
	‎3. Subjectivity and Truth
	‎4. Objectivity and Language
	‎5. Conclusion
‎Chapter 7. Surplus and Futurity of Meaning: The Status of New and Divergent Readings of the Qurʾan
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. The Surplus of Meaning and the Double Significance of Symbols
	‎3. Surplus and Futurity
	‎4. The Surplus and Futurity of Meaning in Turkish Qurʾanic Hermeneutics
	‎5. Conclusion
‎Chapter 8. Final Reflections on the State of Qurʾanic Hermeneutics in Turkey
‎Bibliography
‎General Index
‎Index of Qurʾanic Verses