Thinking through French philosophy : the being of the question
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Thinking through French philosophy : the being of the question
（Studies in Continental thought）
Indiana University Press, c2003
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- : pbk
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Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780253215918
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". . . no other book undertakes to relate all these French philosophers to each other the way that [Lawlor] does, brilliantly." -Francois Raffoul
For many, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze represent one of the greatest movements in French philosophy. But these philosophers and their works did not materialize without a philosophical heritage. In Thinking through French Philosophy, Leonard Lawlor shows how the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty formed an important current in sustaining the development of structuralism and post-structuralism. Seeking the "point of diffraction," or the specific ideas and concepts that link Derrida, Foucault, and Deleuze, Lawlor discovers differences and convergences in these thinkers who worked the same terrain. Major themes include metaphysics, archaeology, language and documentation, expression and interrogation, and the very experience of thinking. Lawlor's focus on the experience of the question brings out critical differences in immanence and transcendence. This illuminating and provocative book brings new vitality to debates on contemporary French philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Being of the Question
1. "If Theory is Gray, Green is the Golden Tree of Life": Philosophy and Non-Philosophy since Hyppolite
2. The Chiasm and the Fold: An Introduction to the Philosophical Concept of Archeology
3. Eliminating Some Confusion: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida on Being and Writing
4. The Legacy of Husserl's "The Origin of Geometry": The Limits of Phenomenology in Merleau-Ponty and Derrida
5. The End of Phenomenology: Expressionism in Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze
6. The End of Ontology: Interrogation in Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze
7. The Beginnings of Post-Modernism: Phenomenology and Bergsonism, Derrida and Deleuze
8. The Beginnings of Thought: The Fundamental Experience in Derrida and Deleuze
Conclusion:The Point of Diffraction
Appendix Interview for Journal Phanomenologie
Notes
Index
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: cloth ISBN 9780253342256
Description
For many, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze represent one of the greatest movements in French philosophy. But, these philosophers and their works did not materialize without a philosophical heritage. In "Thinking through French Philosophy", Leonard Lawlor shows how the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty formed an important current in sustaining the development of structuralism and post-structuralism. Seeking the "point of diffraction," or the specific ideas and concepts that link Derrida, Foucault, and Deleuze, Lawlor discovers differences and convergences in these thinkers who worked the same terrain. Major themes include metaphysics, archaeology, language and documentation, expression and interrogation, and the very experience of thinking. Lawlor's focus on the experience of the question brings out critical differences in immanence and transcendence. This illuminating and provocative book brings new vitality to debates on contemporary French philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Being of the Question1. "If Theory is Gray, Green is the Golden Tree of Life": Philosophy and Non-Philosophy since Hyppolite2. The Chiasm and the Fold: An Introduction to the Philosophical Concept of Archeology3. Eliminating Some Confusion: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida on Being and Writing4. The Legacy of Husserl's "The Origin of Geometry": The Limits of Phenomenology in Merleau-Ponty and Derrida5. The End of Phenomenology: Expressionism in Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze6. The End of Ontology: Interrogation in Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze7. The Beginnings of Post-Modernism: Phenomenology and Bergsonism, Derrida and Deleuze8. The Beginnings of Thought: The Fundamental Experience in Derrida and DeleuzeConclusion:The Point of DiffractionAppendix Interview for Journal PhanomenologieNotes
- Index
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