Futurity in Phenomenology : Promise and Method in Husserl, Levinas, and Derrida / Neal DeRoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeRoo, Neal, Author.

Series:

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From Husserl’s account of protention to the recent turn to eschatology in “theological” phenomenology, the future has always been a key aspect of phenomenological theories of time. This book offers the first sustained reflection on the significance of futurity for the phenomenological method itself. In tracing the development of this theme, the author shows that only a proper understanding of the two-fold nature of the future (as constitution and as openness) can clarify the way in which phenomenology brings the subject and the world together. Futurity therefore points us to the centrality of the promise for phenomenology, recasting phenomenology as a promissory discipline. Clearly written and carefully argued, this book provides fresh insight into the phenomenological provenance of the “theological” turn and the phenomenological conclusions of Husserl, Levinas, and Derrida. Closely examining the themes of protention, eschatology, and the messianic, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in phenomenology, philosophy of religion, deconstruction, or philosophical theology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I: Futurity in the Constitution of Transcendental Subjectivity

1 Protention as More than Inverse Retention

2 Expecting the World

3 Experience and the Essential Possibility of Anticipation

PART II: Futurity and the ‘Openness’ of the Intentional Subject

4 Phenomenology, Openness, and Ethics as First Philosophy

5 From Eschatology to Awaiting: Futurity in Levinas

6 Levinas’s Unique Contribution to Futurity in Phenomenology

PART III: Futurity and Intentionality— The Promise of Relationship

7 Genesis, Beginnings, and Futurity

8 From Deferring to Waiting (for the Messiah): Derrida’s Account of Futurity

9 The Promise of the Future

Conclusion: The Promissory Discipline

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9166-9

OCLC:

1350689791