Derrida and Husserl: The Basic Problem of Phenomenology (Studies in Continental Thought) - Softcover

Lawlor, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253215080 ISBN 13: 9780253215086

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2002

Synopsis

"[A] magnificent work . . . that will definitely shape the discussion on Derrida for years to come." ―Rodolphe Gasché

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.

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About the Author

Leonard Lawlor is Dunavant Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He is author of Imagination and Chance: The Difference between the Thought of Ricoeur and Derrida and co-editor (with Fred Evans) of Chiasms: Merleau-Ponty's Notion of the Flesh. He is a founding editor of the journal Chiasmi International: Trilingual Studies Concerning the Thought of Merleau-Ponty.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253215080
• ISBN 13: 9780253215086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304