Origin of Geometry by Husserl, Edmund (1982) Hardcover
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Edmund Husserl's Origin of Geometry": An Introduction (1962) is Jacques Derrida's earliest published work. In this commentary-interpretation of the famous appendix to Husserl's The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, Derrida relates writing to such key concepts as differing, consciousness, presence, and historicity. Starting from Husserl's method of historical investigation, Derrida gradually unravels a deconstructive critique of phenomenology itself, which forms the foundation for his later criticism of Western metaphysics as a metaphysics of presence. The complete text of Husserl's Origin of Geometry is included.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0892540060
ISBN13:9780892540068
Release Date:January 1978
Publisher:Red Wheel/Weiser
Length:207 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
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Derrida's first book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
What this unusual book has to offer include the following. 1. A detailed, occasionally critical, close reading of Husserl's essay. 2. A look at the logic, in its nascent state, that Derrida will continue to develop and deploy throughout his career. 3. A view of Derrida's Husserlian roots, and at his disagreement with certain aspects of these roots. The book also contains (as it should) an English translation of Husserl's essay. It should be of interest to those who take an interest in Derrida's work, in Husserl's work (especially his late work), and perhaps to other folks as well, for example those interested in the philosophy or phenomenology of mathematical objects and their history, in the relations between ideality and materiality, or in history or historicity.
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