Derrida and Husserl: The Basic Problem of Phenomenology

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Derrida and Husserl Studies in Continental Thought John Sallis, general editor Consulting Editors Robert Bernasconi Rudolf Bernet John D. Caputo David Carr Edward S. Casey Hubert Dreyfus Don Ihde David Farrell Krell Lenore Langsdorf Alphonso Lingis William L. McBride J. N. Mohanty Mary Rawlinson Tom Rockmore Calvin O. Schrag †Reiner Schürmann Charles E. Scott Thomas Sheehan Robert Sokolowski Bruce W. Wilshire David Wood L E ON A R D L AW L OR Derrida and Husserl The Basic Problem of Phenomenology This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2002 by Leonard Lawlor All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lawlor, Leonard, date Derrida and Husserl : the basic problem of phenomenology / Leonard Lawlor. p. cm. — (Studies in Continental thought) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34049-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21508-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Phenomenology. 2. Derrida, Jacques. 3. Husserl, Edmund, 1859–1938. I. Title. II. Series. B829.5 .L35 2002 194—dc21 2001004035 1 2 3 4 5 07 06 05 04 03 02 For my daughter, Mary Casey ...