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the unthought debt Cultural Memory in the Present Mieke Bal and Hent de Vries, Editors The UnThoUghT DebT Heidegger and the Hebraic Heritage Marlène Zarader Translated by Bettina Bergo stanford university press stanford, california 2006 Stanford University Press Stanford, California english translation © 2006 by the board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. The Unthought Debt was originally published in French in 1990 under the title La Dette impensée © 1990, Éditions du Seuil, Paris. This book has been published with the assistance of the French Ministry of Culture—national Center for the book. no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zarader, Marlène. [Dette impensée. english] The unthought debt : heidegger and the hebraic heritage / Marlène Zarader ; translated by bettina bergo. p. cm.—(Cultural memory in the present) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8047-3685-5 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 0-8047-3686-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. I. Title. II. Series. b3279.h49Z3613 2006 193—dc22 2005025807 original Printing 2006 Last figure below indicates year of this printing: 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 Contents Translator’s Acknowledgments iii Introduction 00 part i. readings 1. heidegger’s Reading of history: The Split 000 2. The Question of Language 000 3. The Question of Thought 000 4. The Question of Interpretation 000 part ii. problems 1. And how Is It with being? 000 2. The Problem of Transmission 000 3. The hebraic heritage and Western Thought 000 Conclusion: Deconstruction or Reconstruction? 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000 Translator’s Acknowledgements This translation would not have been possible without the support and counsel of the following persons and organizations: barty begley and Marlène Zarader (Université de Montpellier) for their help with the text. Philippe Farah, Département de Philosophie, Université de Montréal for his work on notes and the text. gabriel Malenfant, Département de Phi- losophie, Université de Montréal for help with the text. Iain Macdonald for help on thematic questions. Michael nass, Philosophy Department, DePaul University; François Raffoul, Louisiana State University, for help with the translation. James buckley, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Loyola College. The humanities Center and its Director, Claire Matthews- Mcginnis for their support. Alfred Tauber, boston University, Center for Philosophy and history of Science. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Drew gilpin Faust, Dean, and Judith Vichniac, Center for europe- an Studies, harvard University, for support. Robert gibbs, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto. oona eisenstadt, Department of Reli- gious Studies, Pomona College. gregory Kaplan, Department of Religious Studies, Rice University. Lia brozgal, harvard University, Department of Romance Languages for research. David L. Teasley, Washington, D.C.