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Toward a theory of radical origin : essays on modern German thought
- Title
- Toward a theory of radical origin : essays on modern German thought / John Pizer.
- Author
- Pizer, John David.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 215 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This provocative book addresses one of the central and most controversial branches of Western thought: the philosophy of origin. In light of recent poststructuralist principles such as alterity, differance, and dissemination, the philosophy of origin seems to exemplify the repressive, reactionary tendencies of much of the Western philosophical tradition. John Pizer aims to overturn this recent antipathy to the philosophy of origin.
- He ably summarizes poststructuralist critiques of that earlier philosophical tradition, then turns to five German thinkers (Nietzsche, Benjamin, Rosenzweig, Heidegger, and Adorno) who developed philosophies of origin that effectively anticipate and counter poststructuralist attacks.
- Series Statement
- Modern German culture and literature
- Uniform Title
- Modern German culture and literature.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-208) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Use and Abuse of Ursprung: On Foucault's Reception of Nietzsche -- Ch. 2. Ursprung's Destructive/Redemptive Rhythm: Walter Benjamin -- Ch. 3. The Principle of Origin and the Philosophy of Origin: Probing Theodor Adorno's Antinomies -- Ch. 4. Theism, Temporality, and Origin: Franz Rosenzweig -- Ch. 5. Origin's Pluralistic Simultaneity: Martin Heidegger -- Postscript: Definitions and Implications of Radical Origin.
- ISBN
- 0803237111 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 94045932
- OCLC
- 31816283
- ocm31816283
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries