Phenomenology and Deconstruction

by Cumming, Robert Denoon

• ISBN13: 9780226123738
• ISBN10: 0226123731
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

In this final volume of Robert Denoon Cumming's four-volume history of the phenomenological movement, Cumming examines the bearing of Heidegger's philosophy on his original commitment to Nazism and on his later inability to face up to the implication of that allegiance. Cumming continues his focus, as in previous volumes, on Heidegger's connection with other philosophers. Here, Cumming looks first at Heidegger's relation to Karl Jaspers, an old friend on whom Heidegger turned his back when Hitler consolidated power, and who discredited Heidegger in the denazification that followed World War II. The issues at stake are not merely personal, Cumming argues, but regard the philosophical relevance of the personal. After the war Heidegger disavowed Sartre, a move related to Heidegger's renunciation of his association with the phenomenological movement at large, and one that illustrates the dynamics of the history Cumming himself has completed. Serving as convincing punctuation for this remarkable series, this book demonstrates the importance of the history of philosophy in coming to grips with the proclaimed end of philosophy.

Author Biography

Robert Denoon Cumming is the Frederick J. Woodbridge Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. He is the author of Human Nature and History, Starting Point: An Introduction to the Dialectic of Existence, and Phenomenology and Deconstruction, Volumes One and Two, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Later Heidegger	3	(13)
THE PATH OF SILENCE
The Misunderstanding	13	(14)
Myself in Communication	27	(7)
Who Is Heidegger?	34	(8)
Between Us	42	(13)
Impasse	55	(16)
THE DIALOGUE WITH FRANCE
Background	71	(7)
Fragments	78	(7)
Action	85	(8)
RELINQUISHING SUBJECTIVITY
The Way of Thinking	93	(13)
Facts and Thoughts	106	(15)
EMANCIPATION FROM THE CONTEMPORARY
Actuality	121	(12)
Dialogue	133	(14)
Epilogue And Today?	147	(22)
Notes	169	(32)
Works Cited	201	(6)
Index	207