Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness

Jean-Luc Marion

Published by Stanford University Press 2002

Being Given

Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness

Jean-Luc Marion
Translated by: Jeffrey L. Kosky

In the series Cultural Memory in the Present

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804785723

Overview
Contents

About this book

This ambitious work engages several major philosophical genres. It responds to current discussions of the "gift," which lie on the frontier of literature, anthropology, and economics, notably in the work of Jacques Derrida, and offers a detailed critique of the basis on which those discussions have proceeded.

Author / Editor information

Jean-Luc Marion is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. He has also taught and lectured for more than fifteen years at various universities in the United States, notably at the University of Chicago. Among his books published in English translation are God Without Being and Reduction and Givenness: Investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology.

Reviews

The Christian Century:
"Being Given is . . . simply dazzling: it is a work of tremendous depth and highly original thought. . . . It's amazing how much Marion . . . has changed the landscape of phenomenology—or what we on this side of the Atlantic call 'continental philosophy of religion.'"

The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory:
..."Marion's Being Given is a major event in contemporary phenomenology, which will be a major source of debate and inspiration for contemporary philosophy and theology."

Kevin Hart:
"Audacious and rigorous, Being Given is a signal contribution to modern thought. For Marion, phenomenology is concerned not with objects or even being but with givenness. Having clarified what phenomenology does, Marion brilliantly shows how it exceeds metaphysics and how it requires us to rethink the human subject in the most radical manner. At no time are we asked to call on revelation, yet every page of this luminous book has rich and inescapable implications for theology as well as philosophy."

John D. Caputo:
"Jean-Luc Marion has established himself as the leading phenomenologist of the day. The appearance of Being Given, the English translation of what is in my view the most important philosophical work of this important thinker, marks a milestone in the reception of Marion's work in English. A brilliant, complex and meticulous analysis of the whole range of phenomena surrounding giving, givenness, and the gift, culminating in the saturated phenomenon as the 'given par excellence,' Being Given, which was ten years in the making, will be the standard work in this field for an entire generation. Kosky's translation is superb. Altogether, a major publishing event."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
2012 PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the American Translation Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preliminary Answers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Book I. GIVENNESS
§1 The Last Principle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
§2 The Essence of the Phenomenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
§3 Objectness and Beingness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
§4 The Reduction to the Given Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
§5 Privilege of Givenness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
§6 To Give Itself, to Show Itself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Book II. THE GIFT
§7 Two Objections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
§8 The Reduction of the Gift to Givenness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
§9 The Bracketing of the Givee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
§10 The Bracketing of the Giver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
§11 The Bracketing of the Gift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
§12 Intrinsic Givenness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Book III. THE GIVEN I: DETERMINATIONS
§13 Anamorphosis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
§14 Unpredictable Landing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
§15 The Fait Accompli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
§16 The Incident Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
§17 The Event Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
§18 The Being Given Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Book IV. THE GIVEN II: DEGREES
§19 The Horizon and the I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
§20 Intuition as Shortage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
§21 Sketch of the Saturated Phenomenon: The Horizon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
§22 Sketch of the Saturated Phenomenon: I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
§23 Topics of the Phenomenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
§24 To Give Itself, to Reveal Itself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Book V. THE GIFTED
§25 The Aporias of the "Subject" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
§26 To Receive One's Self from What Gives Itself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
§27 Two Calls in Metaphysics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
§28 The Call and the Responsal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
§29 The Nameless Voice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
§30 Abandon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
Opening onto a Question Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
English Editions Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Index Nominum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 408

eBook

Published: July 31, 2002
ISBN: 9780804785723