Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida's Geschlecht (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

During The 1980s Jacques Derrida Wrote And Published Three Incisive Essays Under The Title Geschlecht, A German Word For Generation And Sexuality. These Essays Focused On The Philosophy Of Martin Heidegger, Taking Up The Rarely Discussed Issue Of Sexual Difference In Heidegger's Thought. A Fourth Essay--actually The Third In The Series--was Never Completed And Never Published. In Phantoms Of The Other, David Farrell Krell Reconstructs This Third Geschlecht On The Basis Of Archival Materials And Puts It In The Context Of The Entire Series. Touching On The Themes Of Sexual Difference, Poetics, Politics, And Criticism As Practiced By Heidegger, Derrida's Unfinished Third Essay Offers A Penetrating Critical Analysis Of Heidegger's Views On Sexuality And Heidegger's Reading Of The Love Poems Of Georg Trakl, One Of The Greatest Expressionist Poets Of The German Language, Who Died During The Opening Days Of The First World War--jacket. Geschlecht I: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference -- Geschlecht Ii: Heidegger's Singular Hand -- Of Spirit -- Geschlecht Iv: Heidegger's Philopolemological Ear -- Geschlecht Iii: A Truncated Typescript -- Geschlecht Iii: The Phantom Of The Other -- The Magnetism Of Georg And Gretl Trakl -- Appendix A: Poems Discussed In The Present Volume -- Appendix B: Poems Undiscussed. David Farrell Krell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 8 Preface 10 Abbreviations of Works Cited 14 Works by Derrida 14 Works by Heidegger 16 Works by the Author 18 Works by Other Authors 19 Introduction 22 1. Geschlecht I: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference 40 2. Geschlecht II: Heidegger’s Singular Hand 68 3. Of Spirit 90 4. Geschlecht IV: Heidegger’s Philopolemological Ear 128 5. Geschlecht III: A Truncated Typescript 152 6. Geschlecht III: The Phantom of the Other 192 7. The Magnetism of Georg and Gretl Trakl 244 Appendix A: Poems Discussed in the Present Volume 278 Appendix B: Poems Undiscussed 332 Rosenkranzlieder 341 Rosary Hymns 342 Index 370