Derrida and Husserl: The Basic Problem of Phenomenology

Derrida and Husserl: The Basic Problem of Phenomenology is a 2002 book by Leonard Lawlor. It examines French philosopher Jacques Derrida's interpretation of German philosopher Edmund Husserl.

Derrida and Husserl
The Basic Problem of Phenomenology
AuthorLeonard Lawlor
SubjectContinental philosophy
PublisherIndiana University Press
Publication date
1 June 2002
Media typePrint
Pages280 pp (paperback)
ISBN978-0253215086

Structure edit

Derrida and Husserl contains four parts and eight chapters, followed by an afterword ("The Final Idea: Memory and Life"):

Part One: Phenomenology and Ontology edit

Genesis as the Basic Problem of Phenomenology edit

The Critique of Phenomenology: An Investigation of "'Genesis and Structure' and Phenomenology" edit

The Critique of Ontology: An Investigation of "The Ends of Man" edit

Part Two: The "Originary Dialectic" of Phenomenology and Ontology edit

Upping the Ante on Dialectic: An Investigation of Le Problème de la genèse dans la philosophie de Husserl edit

The Root, That Is Necessarily One, of Every Dilemma: An Investigation of the Introduction to Husserl's "The Origin of Geometry" edit

Part Three: The End of Phenomenology and Ontology edit

More Metaphysical Than Metaphysics: An Investigation of "Violence and Metaphysics" edit

The Test of the Sign: An Investigation of Voice and Phenomenon edit

Part Four: The Turn in Derrida edit

Looking for Noon at Two O'Clock: An Investigation of Specters of Marx edit

Reception edit

Kas Saghafi referred to Derrida and Husserl as the "first detailed and comprehensive examination of all of Derrida's major writings on Husserl". He praised Lawlor as "meticulously unpacking and elucidating works that 40 or 50 years after their publication still prove forbiddingly difficult."[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Saghafi, Kas (2004). "Of Origins and Ends". Research in Phenomenology. 34: 303–314. doi:10.1163/1569164042404563.