Being Startled: Phenomenology at the Edge of Meaning
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https://doi.org/10.22329/p.v3i2.568Keywords:
Phenomenology, Différance, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, DerridaAbstract
Opening with a consideration of the methodological stakes, the paper examines, in a preparatory way, the phenomenon of the startle as a limit case for phenomenological analysis. Taking a bearing from a traditional Husserlian schema, the analysis quickly finds itself twisting and turning, contorting the received phenomenological method in order to remain with the phenomenon. Elements of Heidegger’s “fundamental analysis of Dasein” are also tried out, but similarly find themselves dislocated by the peculiar phenomenological content of the startle. Thus unsettling the basic structures of phenomenology and temporality, the paper concludes by setting the scene for an encounter with Levinas’ perturbing notion of the il y a.Downloads
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2008-12-23
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