Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject

Hegel, Heidegger, and the Poststructuralists
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-16822-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 536 g

Poststructuralists hold Hegel responsible for giving rise to many of modern philosophy's problematic concepts the authority of reason, self-consciousness, the knowing subject. Yet, according to Simon Lumsden, this animosity is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of Hegel's thought, and resolving this tension can not only heal the rift between poststructuralism and German idealism but also point these traditions in exciting new directions.

Revisiting the philosopher's key texts, Lumsden calls attention to Hegel's reformulation of liberal and Cartesian conceptions of subjectivity, identifying a critical though unrecognized continuity between poststructuralism and German idealism. Poststructuralism forged its identity in opposition to idealist subjectivity; however, Lumsden argues this model is not found in Hegel's texts but in an uncritical acceptance of Heidegger's characterization of Hegel and Fichte as "metaphysicians of subjectivity." Recasting Hegel as both post-Kantian and postmetaphysical, Lumsden sheds new light on this complex philosopher while revealing the surprising affinities between two supposedly antithetical modes of thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lumsden, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Metaphysics of Presence and the Worldless Subject: Heidegger's Critique of Modern Philosophy2. Fichte's Striving Subject3. Hegel: Self-Consciousness and Self-Determination4. Heidegger, Care, and Selfhood5. Derrida and the Question of Subjectivity6. The Dialectic and Transcendental Empiricism: Deleuze's Critique of HegelConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Über Autor(innen)

Simon Lumsden is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is recipient of fellowships from the DAAD and the Australian Research Council and has published widely on German idealism, phenomenology, and poststructuralism.