"This book - which contains essays in French, English, Italian and German - arises from two international symposiums entitled "Interpretation. Cultural History and Intellectual History" held in Modena in 2013 (20-21 June) and 2014 (19-20 June) thanks to the institutional and scientific collaboration between Fondazione Collegio San Carlo (Modena), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris) and Max-Weber-Kolleg (Universität Erfurt)." (Acknowledgements)