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History, as Gadamer puts it, is always effective history.
The current appropriation of hermeneutics for revisionist philosophical purposes illustrates the hermeneutic notion of effective history.
Dilthey's category of Wirkung or productivity is at the root of Gadamer's theory of effective history (Wirkungsgeschichte).
As important as the interplay between the parts and the whole of a text is the way in which our reading contributes to its effective history, adding to the complexity and depth of its meaning.
"He has vast amounts of wisdom and is able to bring lessons to life". Salberg commended Purdy's storytelling ability, which she said is a key characteristic for an effective history teacher.
But for most people, the threat of public humiliation looms large, which is why the tactic has a long and effective history, according to Smith of the Federation of Tax Administrators.
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Salient among such debates is the question of whether architecture is doomed to remain a testimonial backdrop, a mere reflection, of financial capitalism, or whether it may offer more nuanced, and more effective, histories and analytics for the study of political economy.
Mottahedeh, N. "Ruptured Spaces, Effective Histories". Tahirih in History: Perspective on Qurrat al-'Ayn from East and West, Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions Ed.
Mottahedeh, N. "Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al- 'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht". UCLA Historical Journal 17 (1997): 59-81.
Mottahedeh, N. "Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al- 'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht". 2.2 (February , 1998.
This effective-history, moreover, is dialectical our reading of the early hermeneuticians, our understanding of the potential inherent in their thought, is shaped essentially by this very effective-history, which both separates us from them and makes them understandable to us.
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