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

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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2011 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Eileen Meehan Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schrijvers, Joeri. Ontotheological turnings? : the decentering of the modern subject in recent French phenomenology / Joeri Schrijvers. p. cm. — (SUNY series in theology and Continental thought) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-3893-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Phenomenological theology. 2. Marion, Jean-Luc, 1946– 3. Lacoste, JeanYves . 4. Lévinas, Emmanuel. I. Title. BT40.S365 2011 230.01—dc22 2011003138 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To the memory of Saskia Vermeulen Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Chapter One Some Notes on a French Debate 5 Introducing Ontotheology 5 The Present and Our Obsession with Objects 7 Jean-Yves Lacoste: The Experience of Faith 9 Jean-Luc Marion: Experiencing the Given 10 Emmanuel Levinas: The Other’s Otherness 12 Theology ‘after’ Ontotheology 14 The Question concerning Ontotheology 16 Chapter Two Phenomenology, Liturgy, and Metaphysics: Jean-Yves Lacoste 25 Lacoste versus Heidegger: Ontological Differences 26 The Liturgical Experience 29 Exodus: Being Exposed to a Nonexperience 29 The Nocturnal Nonexperience as Locus of the Gift and of Conversion 31 Mission and Ethics 35 The Experience of Resting and of the Work of Art 38 Ontology and Affectivity 39 Conclusion and Critical Remarks 41 Phenomenology and Theology 41 The Différend between the World and Creation 44 Decentering the Subject? 46 A Different Différend between the World and Creation 47 ...