Radiating from proposals by John D. Caputo in his 1987 "Radical Hermeneutics" and sailing in the wake of Derrida, 13 essays comprise an original and fairly coherent contribution to the engagement of hermeneutics and postmodernism. Among the topics are the place of "phronesis" in postmodern hermeneutics, institutions and power, the metaphysics of repetition, suffering love, and facticity. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.