parole] and writing [écriture] will be examined. I argue that Ricœur offers a critique of a dead and static notion of tradition, conceived as an abstract, fixed structure and meaningless deposit. And he presents a constructive alternative for a living and dynamic sense of tradition, which is first an eventful address of speech to a listening individual or community and which is meaningfully mediated by writing through the phenomenon of the "written voice' and the "listening reader'. By attending to and parsing the meanings of parole and écriture, this chapter unfolds a philosophically rigorous and linguistically informed concept of tradition that is, at once, conservative and innovative." /> Word, writing, tradition - Sohn Michael | sdvig press