The Unthought Debt: Heidegger and the Hebraic Heritage

by Zarader, Marlene

• ISBN13: 9780804736862
• ISBN10: 0804736863
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-03
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

Drawing on Heidegger's corpus, the work of historians and biblical specialists, and contemporary philosophers like Levinas and Derrida, Zarader brings to light the evolution of an impenseor unthought thoughtthat bespeaks a complex debt at the core of Heidegger's hermeneutic ontology. Zarader argues forcefully that in his interpretation of Western thought and culture, Heidegger manages to recognize only two main lines of inheritance: the "Greek" line of philosophical thinking, and the Christian tradition of "faith." From this perspective, Heidegger systematically avoids any explicit or meaningful recognition of the contribution made by the Hebraic biblical and exegetical traditions to Western thought and culture. Zarader argues that this avoidance is significant, not simply because it involves an inexcusable historical oversight, but more importantly because Heidegger's own philosophical project draws on and develops themes that appear first, and fundamentally, within the very Hebraic traditions that he avoids, betraying an "unthought debt" to Hebraic tradition.

Author Biography

Marlène Zarader is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montpellier III, France.

Table of Contents

Translator's Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(18)
PART I. READINGS
Heidegger's Reading of History: The Split	19	(18)
The Question of Language	37	(21)
The Question of Thought	58	(31)
The Question of Interpretation	89	(26)
PART II. PROBLEMS
And How Is It with Being?	115	(35)
The Problem of Transmission	150	(21)
The Hebraic Heritage and Western Thought	171	(25)
Conclusion: Deconstruction or Reconstruction?	196	(9)
Notes	205	(43)
Bibliography	248