A short introduction to Paul Ricoeur's concept of the "Hermeneutics of Suspicion" in these three great thinkers. Course Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/untergehenproject/courses/contemporary-literary-theory-2025-26 Related Videos: https://youtu.be/jWps2AkdcfE?si=v6JZWS-fXPjOIBal&t=1 (Literary Theory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHwZl6kC5zs&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6Ml&index=2&pp=iAQBsAgC (History of Theory) https://youtu.be/Ugho9Pk4V6Q?si=MgU4mT91lyP-bK5q (Nietzsche) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuU_CexrjHA&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V5cobHCvVQWiH63dR5z6 Ml&index=9&pp=iAQBsAgC (Saussure) https://youtu.be/xBpXw1CBOCA?si=WcYgVflOpXAkVk06 (Freud) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Ok4Dc0154 (Marx) https://youtu.be/gQ_0v8CRlhQ?si=bW1rECM_ng8yLvDm&t=1 (Hermeneutics) https://youtu.be/STrXSANPWE8?si=6YhtVTo95AnAeEcX&t=1 (Heidegger) https://youtu.be/XAN7TqBZIh4?si=LXJXoOfe-MOgV0BX&t=1 (Heidegger, Destruktion) https://youtu.be/iYl9Ev5UVok?si=QYKUvZOGxC6PzQpA&t=1 (Gadamer) https://youtu.be/6WXM74g5Viw?si=4g0-Acp3CrPuN-L9 (Strauss) https://youtu.be/2RsoS2917N0?si=TV-Y5pokrG884YLw&t=1 (Strauss and the Three Waves) https://youtu.be/G0Xho-swi7o?si=jO1ev9unRsKLZmDx (Machiavelli and the First Wave) https://youtu.be/ux4EVsurjKE?si=bkCsblnhA9srRdlI (Second Wave and History) https://youtu.be/LhSz4jeH6Cw?si=Lln9mEo0l3EmS4zL (Nietzsche and the Third Wave) https://youtu.be/LAAHbV-9UWc?si=ioId6o_B20JYS87Q (Esotericism)