Broken Imperatives: The Ethical Dimension of Nancy’s Thought  

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Gilbert-Walsh, James

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Philosophy & Social Criticism vol. 26 no. 2 (Mar. 2000), page 29–50.
Topik: communication ; community ; Jacques Derrida ; Martin Heidegger ; imperative ; Jean-Luc Nancy ; responsibility
Fulltext: 29PSC262.pdf (246.14KB)

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In this paper I discuss the role played by the ‘categorical imperative’ in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy. I argue that, while this is a theme of major importance in Nancy’s work, its overall significance is not immediately evident: on the surface, Nancy appears to be affirming the abstract exigency of the imperative while at the same time depriving it of any possible concrete force. I maintain, however, that a close reading of this theme in terms of other crucial themes in Nancy’s writing (namely: ‘interruption’ and the Heideggerian notion of ‘Being-with’ [Mitsein, être-avec]) reveals that Nancy’s imperative does have concrete implications; indeed, it demands that we rethink the relation between responsibility and the concrete as such.

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