The movement of showing : indirect method, critique, and responsibility in Derrida, Hegel, and Heidegger / Johan de Jong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jong, Johan de, 1982- author.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary French thought

Suny series in contemporary French thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Methodology.

Continental philosophy.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 351 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The Movement of Showing investigates the idea, shared by Derrida, Hegel and Heidegger, that the value of their thought is not found in its results or conclusions, but in its "movement." All three describe the heart of their work in terms of a pathway, development, or movement rather than in terms of its propositions or conclusions. This seems to deprive their thought of a solid ground, and indeed deconstruction in particular is often criticized in this way. Johan de Jong argues that this is a structural vulnerability that is both its weakness and the source of its value, tracing Derrida's indirect method from his early to later works, and considering his engagements with Hegel and Heidegger. His analysis locates an affinity among Hegel, Heidegger and Derrida in a shared distrust of externality and, against the grain of some Levinasian commentaries, argues that Derrida's indirectness results in an ethics of complicity. The Movement of Showing answers a central question that many polemics about continental philosophy and postmodernism revolve around concerning how, methodologically, one can philosophize responsibly. It shows the difference between critique and polemics, and why simply taking up a position for or against is insufficient in order to think responsibly"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Why there can be no Derridean theory of language

The inextricability of metaphysics

The question of justification and the law of resemblance : empiricism-skepticism-critique

Hegel's movement of the concept and the limits of the understanding

Derrida's "textual maneuvers" : exceeding the opposition to Hegelianism

The transition to transitional thinking : from being and time to the contributions

Reticence and exposition : Heidegger's contributions to philosophy (of the event)

The question of style : Heidegger, Nietzsche and the heterogeneity of the text

Strategy and responsibility : Derrida, Heidegger and the ethics of complicity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438476094

1438476094

OCLC:

1090709381