Hans-Georg Gadamer az Európa-kérdésről
Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Question of Europe

Summary/Abstract: The philosophical discussion on Europe, which also involved Gadamer and took place through several phases in the 20th century, usually came to the fore in times of social change: crises and conflicts. This encounter touches on major issues such as the philosophical meaning of crisis, the situation in Europe, the issue of the European crisis, and the issue of Asia and China for Europe and our future. From this rich philosophical tradition, I reconstruct Hans-Georg Gadamer’s new insights, complemented by the context of the debate of Europe that forms his immediate philosophical background. Gadamer’s main motivation is the idea that Europe and philosophy are inextricably linked, and that philosophy is a so-called distinguished, distinctive feature of Europe, which is also expressed among other things in the fact that Europe itself can be seen as a philosophical idea. Gadamer not only makes a diagnosis on our time, but also reveals the hidden tendencies of our thinking along which the social-philosophical significance of hermeneutic tradition can also be reconstructed. Gadamer seeks to explore the further possibilities for thinking through which to think in new registers. (I.) First of all, I briefly recall Husserl’s, Heidegger’s and Gadamer’s thoughts on the relationship between Europe and philosophy. (II.) Then I try to expound the importance of the ecumenism, the ecumenical thinking in relation to Europe. (III.) Finally, I would like to show how Gadamer sees the problem of ecological crisis in Europe.

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