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TIME AND PHILOSOPHY This page intentionally left blank TIME AND PHILOSOPHY A History of Continental Thought John McCumber First published 2011 by Acumen Published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © John McCumber, 2011 Th is book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notices Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the authors, contributors, or editors, assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. isbn: 978-1-84465-275-4 (hardcover) isbn: 978-1-84465-276-1 (paperback) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset in Minion Pro. CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations and note on texts ix Introduction 1 I. Germany, 1790–1890 1. Th e collapse of Kant 15 2. Hegel discovers the past 31 3. Marx, capitalism and the future 57 4. Kierkegaard’s dreadful future 77 5. Nietzsche and the boundless future 97 II. Germany and America, 1900–1968 6. Th e return of traditional philosophy: Edmund Husserl 127 7. Th e fi nite future: Martin Heidegger 159 8. Activity and mortality: Hannah Arendt 201 9. Th e twilight of Enlightenment: Th eodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer 225 III. France, 1945–2004 10. Th e future and freedom: Jean- Paul Sartre 253 11. Th e future and the disclosure of being: Simone de Beauvoir 287 12. Th e future as rupture: Michel Foucault 313 13. Th e future and hope: Jacques Derrida 331 v CONTENTS IV. Onwards, 2011– 14. Badiou, Rancière, and the time of equality 351 15. Life and gender in Agamben and Butler 373 Further reading 394 Bibliography 399 Index 404 vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Charlton Payne compiled the suggestions for further reading. I am indebted to my department chairs, Hans Wagener and James Schultz, and to my Dean, Timothy Stowell, for arranging my teaching as to both time and topic so that it could contribute to this volume. Brenda Wirkus and Dianna Taylor aff orded me the privilege of a term at John Carroll University, during which this project had its genesis. Tristan Palmer performed near- miraculous feats as my editor, rounding up four excellent readers from whose reports I learned much. Jeff rey Rice and my colleagues in the UCLA German Department have provided ongoing inspiration and encouragement, as has Françoise Lionnet. My greatest debt is to my students at John Carroll University, Northwestern University and UCLA. Th ey have taught me far more than I have taught them, and I aspire to be their worthy disciple. vii This page intentionally left blank ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTE ON TEXTS AA Kant, Akademie Ausgabe BE Badiou, Being and Event BT Heidegger, Being and Time BW Sartre, Basic Writings CD Kierkegaard, Th e Concept of Anxiety CJ Kant, Critique of Judgment CM Husserl, Cartesian Meditations DE Horkheimer & Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment EA Beauvoir, Th e Ethics of Ambiguity EPM Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto ES Rancière, Th e Emancipated Spectator FR Foucault, Th e Foucault Reader GM Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality GT Butler, Gender Trouble HC Arendt, Th e Human Condition HS Agamben, Homo Sacer KPV Kant, Critique of Practical Reason KRV Kant, Critique of Pure Reason OWA Heidegger, “Th e Origin of the Work of Art” PA Rancière, Th e Politics of Aesthetics PF Derrida, Th e Politics of Friendship PhS Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit QT Heidegger, “Th e Question Concerning Technology” RH Hegel, Reason in History SAT Agamben, Th e Signature of All Th ings SE Agamben, State of Exception ix
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