First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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This author delves into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Continental philosophy, exploring the intricate relationship between thought and chance. Their work critically examines distinctions within philosophical discourse, notably the differences between the thinking of Ricoeur and Derrida. Furthermore, the author is instrumental in furthering the study of Merleau-Ponty's concept of the flesh through editorial contributions and as a founding editor of a trilingual international journal dedicated to his thought.
Thinking through French Philosophy
- 212 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A powerful and original engagement with France's most influential philosophers. schovat popis
What is the nature of the relationship of Jacques Derrida and deconstruction to Edmund Husserl and phenomenology? Is deconstruction a radical departure from phenomenology or does it trace its origins to the phenomenological project? In Derrida and Husserl, Leonard Lawlor illuminates Husserl’s influence on the French philosophical tradition that inspired Derrida’s thought. Beginning with Eugen Fink’s pivotal essay on Husserl’s philosophy, Lawlor carefully reconstructs the conceptual context in which Derrida developed his interpretation of Husserl. Lawlor’s investigations of the work of Jean Cavaillès, Tran-Duc-Thao, and Jean Hyppolite, as well as recent texts by Derrida, reveal the depth of Derrida’s relationship to Husserl’s phenomenology. Along the way, Lawlor revisits and sheds light on the origin of many important Derridean concepts, such as deconstruction, the metaphysics of presence, différance, intentionality, the trace, and spectrality.