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THE WORLD OF FREEDOM THE WORLD OF FREEDOM HEIDEGGER, FOUCAULT, AND THE POLITICS OF HISTORICAL ONTOLOGY ROBERT NICHOLS STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2014 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. 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 Nichols, Robert, 1979- author. The world of freedom : Heidegger, Foucault, and the politics of historical ontology / Robert Nichols. pages cm Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8047-8875-5 (cloth : alk. paper)-- isbn 978-0-8047-9264-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. 2. Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. 3. Ontology. 4. Liberty--Philosophy. 5. Political science--Philosophy. 6. Continental philosophy. 7. Philosophy, European--20th century. I. Title. b3279.h49n525 2014 193--dc23 2014023173 isbn 978-0-8047-9271-4 (electronic) Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/14 Palatino For my father CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi ONE Overview of the Problematic 1 TWO Potentiality and Authenticity: Heidegger’s Preparatory Existential Analytic in Being and Time 27 THREE The Field of Freedom: Heidegger from Fundamental to Historical Ontology 57 FOUR Foucault Contra Heidegger 99 FIVE Foucault’s “Autocritique”: Three Equivocations of Conduct, Experience, and Thought 129 SIX The Subject of Spirituality 161 SEVEN Objectification, Reification, Subjectification: Historical Ontology and Social Criticism 199 Notes 225 Works Cited 259 Index 269 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book began at the University of Toronto, where Ronald Beiner and James Tully offered me unwavering support, prompting, and construc- tive criticism. For that I owe them thanks. I was fortunate enough to spend some time as a visitor at the University of Victoria as well, which afforded me an additional opportunity to work closely with Jim. Jim is the person most responsible for any decent ideas that can be found here and, more importantly, is an exemplar of how to combine intellectual acumen with generosity and humility. The manuscript was then reworked at the University of Alberta, where I was fortunate enough to land in the midst of a community of smart, supportive, and welcoming colleagues. Conversations with Cressida Heyes, Catherine Kellogg, Marie-Eve Morin, and Chloë Taylor have been particularly helpful in reformulating the thinking that went into this work. Also at the University of Alberta, Connor Morris gave me great help with the editing and preparation of the manuscript. The book then traveled with me and was completed during my year at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin before I took up my current po- sition at the University of Minnesota. I owe a debt to Rahel Jaeggi and Martin Saar for their roles in making Berlin a fantastic intellectual home away from home, and to Joan Tronto and Nancy Luxon for welcom- ing me to Minneapolis–St. Paul. During the past few years, I have also spent shorter research stints at Columbia University and the University
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