Heidegger in France by Janicaud Dominique; Pettigrew David; Raffoul François

Author:Janicaud, Dominique; Pettigrew, David; Raffoul, François
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2015-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

12At the Crossroads

OUR STORY HAVING reached its chronological end, that is to say, the end of the twentieth century, it would be possible and tempting to draw some lessons and already reach some conclusions. It seemed to us, however, that the work would be incomplete and would leave the reader particularly frustrated if we were not able to stop and cast a careful glance at the landscape we have crossed after this long journey. A philosophical accounting? This is indeed what we should attempt, not without being aware of the limits of the word “accounting,” since we will never manage to establish a definitive and unquestionable inventory of the “losses” and “profits” concerning the reception of such a complex and subtle philosophical thought.

Rather than attempting this impossible accounting, we will propose a wide-ranging meditation on the different perspectives that appear at the crossroads we have reached. The idea that motivates us, as one can guess, is neither “to be done with Heidegger,” nor to pretend that the future of thought will exclusively depend on him. Less authoritatively, less prophetically, more philosophically, and always in terms of the French reception, let us wonder about the sensitive questions that enable us to better delineate certain decisive limits of Heideggerian thought. Let us also envisage the limits from which a new departure is possible. “When you are able to see my limits, you will have understood me. I cannot see them”:1 as we reflect on those remarks (half-confidences or half-suggestions), let us clarify that they should be understood literally, at least as clues, even if we are aware that it is unlikely (and also beyond the scope of this book) that we could completely answer this question. We will instead and more appropriately suggest some perspectives on the basis of works or books that seem decisive to us, by disrupting, to some extent, the chronology. This rupture as regards the course of linear time will also allow us, at the same time, to complete or compensate for some of the deficiencies of our previous “narrative.”

There is no limit to the possible topics that would lead to a final dialogue between French interpreters and Heidegger’s thought. We have gathered the themes—in the contemporary context—that seemed the most significant and with respect to which the debate is far from being closed: the question of phenomenology, the relation to the Hebraic tradition with its connections with the possibility of a new ethics, the role of hermeneutics, the theological debate, and the legacy of a complete rereading of metaphysics.

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