Mortality, time, and the lessons of silence: A Hermeneutical analysis of give and take

Keane, Niall

Abstract

The following will provide a hermeneutical examination of two experiences of time: time as taking-away and time as giving. It will attempt to address the interrelated issues of death, time, and the time of silence in order to see whether time should be viewed as an inevitable force that devours all before it, or whether another concept of time should be considered, one which comes from the other as the gift of time. It will be argued that the gift of time is only fully audible in the time of silence and that gratitude is the most well-attuned response to such a time and to the time that precedes and exceeds us.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Sep 9, 2021
• Publication Date: Sep 9, 2021
• Deposit Date: Mar 23, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 23, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Applied Hermeneutics
• Electronic ISSN: Journal of Applied Hermeneutics
• Publisher: University of Calgary, Department of Sociology
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 2021
• Article Number: 9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v2021i2021.73474
• Keywords: death; otherness; time; gift; gratitude; silence
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10502271
• Publisher URL: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/73474
• Related Public URLs: https://philpapers.org/rec/KEAMTA