Madness and Death in Philosophy

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The exploration of madness and death in philosophy reveals their historically subdued disruptive qualities. Ferit Guven critiques how these concepts have been conceptualized, often reducing their radical negativity to mere positivity. By analyzing thinkers like Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida, Guven advocates for recognizing a nonreducible form of negativity. This perspective aims to preserve the essence of otherness and fosters a genuine ethics of difference, challenging traditional philosophical interpretations and opening new avenues for understanding ethical relations.