Overview

Examining the legacies of Heidegger, along with Derrida, Levinas and Nietzsche, Rafael Winkler argues that it is not the search for truth or even contradictions that stimulates philosophical thought. Instead, it is our exposure to the unthinkable or the impossible – to thought’s own limits. An experience of the unthinkable is possible in our encounter with the uniqueness of death, the singularity of being, and of the self and the other. This 'thinking of finitude' also has political implications, as it provides us with a way to talk about, and evaluate, absolute strangeness and, by implication, the absolute stranger or foreigner. Illuminating Heidegger’s writings on the question of ontology, ethics and history, Winkler proves that this encounter with thought's limits is one of the mainstays of the philosophies of difference of Heidegger, Levinas, and Nietzsche.

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Author:   Rafael Winkler (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781350150997

ISBN 10:   1350150991
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Death, the Impossible 1. Introduction 2. Perishing and demise 3. Is dying possible? 4. Singularization 5. Schizophrenia 6. Mourning Chapter 2. Self and Other 1. Introduction 2. Vanquishing death 3. Alterity 4. The call 5. Guilt 6. Responsibility Chapter 3. Figurations 1. Introduction 2. Proximities 3. The feminine welcome 4. The absolute arrivant Chapter 4. Dwelling 1. Introduction 2. The earth 3. The gods 4. Antigone 5. Holy mourning 6. The proper and the foreign 7. Guestfriendship Chapter 5. Beyond Truth 1. Introduction 2. Truth and error 3. Justice 4. Naturalism 5. The end of metaphysics 6. The will to truth 7. Self-discipline 8. Schein Chapter 6. Substance 1. Introduction 2. The standard hypothesis 3. Essence 4. Substance 5. Rhetoric 6. Metaphor Bibliography

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Through a compelling and illuminating study, Rafael Winkler asks whether uniqueness is a possible experience and how it should be thought. He deals with this concept in a variety of ways: the uniqueness of being, the self, the other human being, death, and responsibility for the other. By situating itself at the limits of thought, the book presents new facets of the philosophy of absolute difference. Readers will find much to ponder as the book also calls for an engaged reflection on a highly contentious problem: finitude. * Gabriel Riera, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA * A unique, original, and very welcome contribution to philosophical and literary studies of the self, experience, and singularity. Written with an admirable rigour in explication and analysis, a lucidity in expression, and an always cogent line of reasoning, Philosophy of Finitude explores the limit experiences of the `I' through the focus on Heidegger, Levinas, and Nietzsche, that produces exciting fascinating new readings both of selfhood and identity. * Julian Wolfreys, Professor of English, University of Portsmouth, UK *

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Rafael Winkler is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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