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Simultaneity and Delay Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy Series Editor: James Fieser, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy is a major monograph series from Continuum. The series features first-class scholarly research monographs across the field of Continental philosophy. Each work makes a major contribution to the field of philosophical research. 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Gregg Lambert Žižek and Heidegger, Thomas Brockelman Žižek’s Dialectics, Fabio Vighi Simultaneity and Delay A Dialectical Theory of Staggered Time Jay Lampert Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Jay Lampert 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. The author has asserted his/her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. e-ISBN: 978-1-4411-8305-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lampert, Jay, 1957– Simultaneity and delay : a dialectical theory of staggered time/Jay Lampert. p. cm. -- (Continuum studies in Continental philosophy) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-1-4411-2639-9 (hardcover) 1. Time. 2. Synchronization. I. Title. BD638.L255 2011 115--dc23 2011037080 Typeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India Contents Preface ix 1. Introduction to Concepts 1 (a) Simultaneity 2 (b) Delay 12 2. Phenomenology of Simultaneity and Delay: The Problem of Converging Timelines 21 (a) Simultaneity in Husserl 21 (b) Delay in Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger 30 3. Simultaneity and Delay in the Era of Eternity: Ancient and Medieval Issues 49 (a) Simultaneity as Synchronization: Plato and Plotinus 49 (b) Delay as Deferred Eternity: Plato and Origen 57 4. Simultaneity and Delay in the Era of Time: Late Modern Issues 75 (a) Simultaneity in Kant: The Schema for Returning to the Same Place: Simultaneity as Reversible Succession 75 (b) Simultaneity in Hegel: The System of Expanding Explications: Succession via Divisible Simultaneity 82 (c) Delay in Lessing and Historical Dialectic: Lingering and Repetition 93 5. Simultaneity and Delay in the Sciences 97 (a) Simultaneity Relative to Frames of Reference: Physics 97 (b) Delay in, but not Observed by, Consciousness: Cognitive Science 112 viii Contents 6. Simultaneity and Delay in the Era of Simultaneity: Bergson 123 (a) Disjunctive Simultaneity as Virtual Substitution: Duration and Simultaneity 123 (b) Delay as Rhythmic Oscillation: Matter and Memory 137 7. Simultaneity and Delay in the Era of Delay 149 (a) Delay as Différance: Derrida’s Solution to Two Problems of Time in Husserl 150 (b) Simultaneity as Pure Past: Deleuze’s Solution to the Problem of Time in Bergson 159 8. Simultaneity and Delay in Politics 171 (a) Delay as Diachrony to Come: Balibar, Deleuze and Derrida 172 (b) Simultaneity and Decision: Badiou 189 9. Simultaneity and Delay in Music 197 (a) Simultaneity and Seriality: Schoenberg and Adorno 199 (b) Delay and the Unpulsed Time-Arrow: Boulez, Deleuze and Spectral Music 215 10. Conclusion 227 (a) Organizing the Simultaneity-Delay Timescape 227 Notes 233 Bibliography 249 Index 259 Preface There should have been more about X in this book. All criticisms in this form are well founded. The philosophers most used in this book—Husserl, Bergson, Derrida and Deleuze—all require a great deal more analysis. Other philosophers discussed—Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Merleau- Ponty, Heidegger, Balibar and Badiou—should have been used more. Philosophers only mentioned should have been discussed. Commentaries on all these philosophers should have been taken up. I should have become an expert on physics, cognitive science, and music theory. This book is too short. I would like to thank the University of Guelph for generous support of research leaves and Chairs Andrew Bailey and Andrew Wayne. Many graduate students at the University of Guelph, where I presented some of this material for the first time in graduate courses, have been extraordinarily helpful in generating ideas and sending me things to read, particularly Jason Robinson and David Peck. Jill Gilbert did a brilliant job transcribing my lectures. Francis Coté was a great Undergraduate Research Assistant. Casey Ford, as a Graduate Research Assistant, helped me with final bibliographical notes. All my graduate students during this period have contributed enormously to my research. Many people have been very supportive of this research: Len Lawlor, Costas Boundas, and Fredric Jameson in particular. I have benefited immeasurably (and dialectically) over the years from discussions of this material with Jennifer Bates. Karen Houle has given me all sorts of ideas. Earlier versions of portions of this book were presented at Marquette University, Villanova University, Duquesne University, and the University of Manitoba, as well as what used to be the joint Doctoral Program of Guelph/McMaster University/Wilfred Laurier University. Fred Evans provided helpful suggestions on a synoptic version. James Swindal at Duquesne University has contributed by his support. Philosophical conver- sations with Joshua Kates, Dan Selcer, Jim Vernon, and many other