Ontotheological Turnings?: The Decentering of the Modern Subject in Recent French Phenomenology

Ontotheological Turnings?

the฀฀decentering฀฀of฀฀the฀฀ modern฀฀subject฀฀in฀฀recent฀ french฀฀phenomenology joeri฀schrijvers ontotheological฀ turnings ? This฀incisive฀work฀examines฀questions฀of฀ontotheology฀and฀their฀relation฀to฀the฀ so-called฀“theological฀turn”฀of฀recent฀French฀phenomenology.฀Joeri฀Schrijvers฀ explores฀and฀critiques฀the฀decentering฀of฀the฀subject฀attempted฀by฀Jean-Luc฀ Marion,฀ Jean-Yves฀ Lacoste,฀ and฀ Emmanuel฀ Levinas,฀ three฀ philosophers฀ who,฀ inspired฀ by฀ their฀ readings฀ of฀ Heidegger,฀ attempt฀ to฀ overturn฀ the฀ active฀ and฀฀ autonomous฀ subject.฀ In฀ his฀ consideration฀ of฀ each฀ thinker,฀ Schrijvers฀ shows฀฀ that฀a฀simple฀reversal฀of฀the฀subject-object฀distinction฀has฀been฀achieved,฀but฀ no฀ true฀ decentering฀ of฀ the฀ subject.฀ For฀ Lacoste,฀ the฀ subject฀ becomes฀ God’s฀฀ intention;฀for฀Marion,฀the฀subject฀becomes฀the฀object฀and฀objective฀of฀givenness;฀ and฀for฀Levinas,฀the฀subject฀is฀without฀secrets,฀like฀an฀object,฀before฀a฀greater฀ Other.฀ Critiquing฀ the฀ axioms฀ and฀ assumptions฀ of฀ contemporary฀ philosophy,฀ Schrijvers฀ argues฀ that฀ there฀ is฀ no฀ overcoming฀ ontotheology.฀ He฀ ultimately฀฀ proposes฀a฀more฀phenomenological฀and฀existential฀approach,฀a฀presencing฀of฀ the฀invisible,฀to฀address฀the฀concerns฀of฀ontotheology. JOErI฀ SCHrIJvErS฀ is฀ a฀ Postdoctoral฀ researcher฀ of฀ the฀ research฀ Foundation-Flanders฀ (FWO),฀ Faculty฀ of฀ Theology,฀ at฀ Catholic฀ University฀ of฀ Leuven฀ in฀ Belgium.฀ He฀ is฀ coeditor฀ (with฀ Lieven฀ Boeve,฀ Wessel฀ Stoker,฀ and฀ Hendrik฀ M.฀ vroom)฀ of฀ Faith฀ in฀ the฀ Enlightenment?฀ The฀ Critique฀ of฀ the฀฀ Enlightenment฀revisited. A฀volume฀in฀the฀SUNY฀series฀in฀Theology฀and฀Continental฀Thought Douglas฀L.฀Donkel,฀editor Schrijvers ontotheological฀turnings? Ontotheological Turnings? SUNY series in Theology and Continental Thought ————— Douglas L. Donkel, editor Ontotheological Turnings? The Decentering of the Modern Subject in Recent French Phenomenology JOERI SCHRIJVERS ...