End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking

Heidegger, Derrida, and Daoism

AvSteven Burik

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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A work of and about comparative philosophy that stresses the importance of language in intercultural endeavors.How do differences in language influence comparative philosophy? Although the Orientalism famously described by Edward Said is rare today, Steven Burik maintains that comparative philosophy often subtly privileges one tradition over another since certain conceptual schemes are so embedded in Western languages that it is difficult not to revert to them. Arguing for a new approach that acknowledges how theory and practice cannot be separated in comparative philosophical endeavors, Burik provides nonmetaphysical, deconstructionist readings of Heidegger and Derrida and uses these to give a new reading of classical Daoism. The ideas of language advanced therein can aid the project of comparative philosophy specifically, and philosophies generally, in trying to overcome ways of thinking that have dominated Western philosophy for twenty-five hundred years and still frustrate intercultural encounters.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438427331

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Steven Burik teaches philosophy at Singapore Management University and also at the Center for American Education, Broward College, Singapore.

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"…Burik's book is an important contribution to contemporary East-West philosophic dialogue." — Philosophy East & West"Steven Burik's The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking is a daring and imaginative essay in re-reading Daoism, particularly the Daodejing and the Zhuangzi, based on a philosophy of language deriving from Heidegger and Derrida." — International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Heidegger and the Other Commencement Heidegger’s Greek ConnectionanaximanderparmenidesheraclitusHeidegger and the Poetspoetry and thinkingpoetry and languagehölderlin, the foreign, and translationHeidegger and the "East"early heidegger and comparative philosophylater heidegger and comparative philosophyConcluding Heidegger2. Derrida: Otherness, Context, and OpennessDeconstructing the Ideas Behind Metaphysicsmisreading derridabeyond heidegger?Language, Text, and Translation in DerridaDerrida in Comparative Philosophyidentity and opennessderrida’s hints at different cultures"the other is already there, irreducibly."Concluding Derrida3. Rereading Daoism; The Other WayMetaphysical Readings of Daoist Philosophy The Metaphysical Tradition and ComparisonThe Possibility of Differenceinterpretations of classical chinese languageInconstancy of Dao 道: No Transcendence Necessaryinside & outside: the gateway (men 門)Concluding Daoism4. Thinking, Philosophy, and Language: Comparing Heidegger, Derrida, and Classical DaoismMetaphysics, Difference, and Comparisonsdifference and comparisonmetaphysics and comparisonThinking and PhilosophyHeidegger and Daoismderrida and daoismLanguage in Comparison "Beyond" The Inversion of Opposites Ethical and Political Implications Concluding the Comparison ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex