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A sustained philosophical engagement with significant and creative French interpreters of Heidegger.From the Back CoverFrench Interpretations of Heidegger undertakes a philosophical engagement with the work of the most significant and creative figures involved in the reception of Heidegger in France. The essays address those thinkers who have been influenced by Heideggers thought and have interpreted it in remarkable ways, including Levinas, Beaufret, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Nancy, Lacoue-Labarthe, Irigaray, Zarader, Greisch, and Dastur. The volume explores the extraordinary impact that Heideggers thought has had on contemporary French philosophy, including such movements as existentialism, deconstruction, feminist theory, post-structuralism, and hermeneutics, and illustrates its impact on the American continental scene as well.An indispensable resource for anyone wanting a serious engagement not only with contemporary French philosophy but also with the thought of Heidegger. The studies in this collection are not merely retrospective reflections they are themselves original contributions to the ongoing French reception of Heideggers thought. -- David Michael Kleinberg-Levin, author of Before the Voice of Reason Echoes of Responsibility in Merleau-Pontys Ecology and Levinass EthicsContributors include Francoise Dastur, Jonathan Dronsfield, Helen A. Fielding, Wayne Froman, Jean Greisch, Pierre Jacerme, Dominique Janicaud, Reginald Lilly, Alan Milchman, Andrew Mitchell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Alan Rosenberg, Gregory Schufreider, Allen Scult, and Dennis Skocz. About the AuthorDavid Pettigrew is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. Francois Raffoul is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University. Together, they have translated many books, including The Creation of the World or Globalization by Jean-Luc Nancy and The Book of Love and Pain Thinking at the Limit with Freud and Lacan by Juan-David Nasio, both also published by SUNY Press. French Interpretations of Heidegger undertakes a philosophical engagement with the work of the most significant and creative figures involved in the reception of Heidegger in France. The essays address those thinkers who have been influenced by Heideggers thought and have interpreted it in remarkable ways, including Levinas, Beaufret, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Nancy, Lacoue-Labarthe, Irigaray, Zarader, Greisch, and Dastur. The volume explores the extraordinary impact that Heideggers thought has had on contemporary French philosophy, including such movements as existentialism, deconstruction, feminist theory, post-structuralism, and hermeneutics, and illustrates its impact on the American continental scene as well.
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