Philosophy in Dialogue with Culture through Hermeneutics

Abstract

Man as a product of the society is a bye-product of culture; and man also uses culture as material in the quest to live well and understand the environment and the world around him. This interplay accentuates the correlation between man and culture. Due to the critical role culture plays for man, culture as a dynamic scheme constantly needs redefinition and
refinement. This is to ensure and assure the relevance of culture and the sanity of man. This paper undertakes a critical analysis of culture and philosophy and it unearths their implications for social order towards social harmony. Hermeneutics was then suggested and employed as the key to
appreciating and properly situating culture using the critical tool of philosophy. This process in dialogue is in view of making man flee from the slavery of a cultural scheme that degrades man status which has the potential of hampering man’s wellbeing.