Abstract

In the broad hermeneutical discussions in catholic theology after II. Vatican Council the most adopted concept was that of Hans-Georg Gadamer. This was in debt of his emphasis on the ideas of tradition and authority. Other hermeneutic programs were ignored for a long time – and the hermeneutics of Pareyson till today. Disregarding the convergences between Gadamer and Pareyson this is a damage for catholic theology, because in Pareyson would be present all the dimensions which are to be missed in Gadamer: the importance of subjectivity, ontology, and criticism of ideology.