Stanley Fish's Interpretive Communities
스탠리 피시의 해석 공동체
A radical reader-response and legal hermeneutics theory positing that texts have no objective meaning independent of the culturally learned interpretive strategies shared by "interpretive communities".
| Field | Literature & Literary Theory · Education · Law |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Meso · Groups & Organizations |
| Paradigm | Hermeneutics Pragmatism |
| Key figures | 👤 Stanley Fish (스탠리 피시) |
| Year | 1980 |
Key Claims
Stanley Fish asserted that neither text nor individual reader is an autonomous source of meaning. Meanings are produced by ‘interpretive communities’—groups sharing institutional habits and interpretive conventions that determine both what counts as text and how it is comprehended.
Further Reading
- Fish, S. (1980). Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities. Harvard University Press.
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