The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking: Heidegger, Derrida, and Daoism(SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

A work of and about comparative philosophy that stresses the importance of language in intercultural endeavors. Title Page ......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 HEIDEGGER’S GREEK CONNECTION......Page 21 Anaximander......Page 24 Parmenides......Page 29 Heraclitus......Page 30 HEIDEGGER AND THE POETS......Page 33 Poetry and Thinking......Page 34 Poetry and Language......Page 36 Hölderlin, the Foreign, and Translation......Page 38 HEIDEGGER AND THE “EAST”......Page 43 Early Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy......Page 45 Later Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy......Page 47 CONCLUDING HEIDEGGER......Page 55 2. Derrida: Otherness, Context, and Openness......Page 59 Misreading Derrida......Page 63 Beyond Heidegger?......Page 68 LANGUAGE, TEXT, AND TRANSLATION IN DERRIDA......Page 74 DERRIDA IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY......Page 80 Identity and Openness......Page 81 Derrida’s Hints at Different Cultures......Page 84 “The Other Is Already There, Irreducibly.”102......Page 91 CONCLUDING DERRIDA......Page 95 3. Rereading Daoism;The Other Way......Page 97 METAPHYSICAL READINGS OF DAOIST PHILOSOPHY......Page 100 THE METAPHYSICAL TRADITION AND COMPARISON......Page 108 THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENCE......Page 110 Interpretations of Classical Chinese Language......Page 111 INCONSTANCY OF DAO :NO TRANSCENDENCE NECESSARY......Page 123 Inside & Outside: The Gateway (Men )......Page 134 CONCLUDING DAOISM......Page 142 4. Thinking, Philosophy, and LanguageComparing Heidegger, Derrida,and Classical Daoism......Page 145 Difference and Comparison......Page 147 Metaphysics and Comparison......Page 149 THINKING AND PHILOSOPHY......Page 155 HEIDEGGER AND DAOISM......Page 158 Derrida and Daoism......Page 170 LANGUAGE IN COMPARISON......Page 176 “BEYOND” THE INVERSION OF OPPOSITES......Page 186 ETHICAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 192 CONCLUDING THE COMPARISON......Page 197 Conclusion......Page 199 Notes......Page 203 Bibliography......Page 223 C......Page 235 E......Page 236 K......Page 237 O......Page 238 T......Page 239 Z......Page 240 Title Page 5 Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 1. Heidegger and the Other Commencement 21 HEIDEGGER’S GREEK CONNECTION 21 Anaximander 24 Parmenides 29 Heraclitus 30 HEIDEGGER AND THE POETS 33 Poetry and Thinking 34 Poetry and Language 36 Hölderlin, the Foreign, and Translation 38 HEIDEGGER AND THE “EAST” 43 Early Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy 45 Later Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy 47 CONCLUDING HEIDEGGER 55 2. Derrida: Otherness, Context, and Openness 59 DECONSTRUCTING THE IDEAS BEHIND METAPHYSICS 63 Misreading Derrida 63 Beyond Heidegger? 68 LANGUAGE, TEXT, AND TRANSLATION IN DERRIDA 74 DERRIDA IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY 80 Identity and Openness 81 Derrida’s Hints at Different Cultures 84 “The Other Is Already There, Irreducibly.”102 91 CONCLUDING DERRIDA 95 3. Rereading Daoism;The Other Way 97 METAPHYSICAL READINGS OF DAOIST PHILOSOPHY 100 THE METAPHYSICAL TRADITION AND COMPARISON 108 THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENCE 110 Interpretations of Classical Chinese Language 111 INCONSTANCY OF DAO :NO TRANSCENDENCE NECESSARY 123 Inside & Outside: The Gateway (Men ) 134 CONCLUDING DAOISM 142 4. Thinking, Philosophy, and LanguageComparing Heidegger, Derrida,and Classical Daoism 145 METAPHYSICS, DIFFERENCE, AND COMPARISONS 147 Difference and Comparison 147 Metaphysics and Comparison 149 THINKING AND PHILOSOPHY 155 HEIDEGGER AND DAOISM 158 Derrida and Daoism 170 LANGUAGE IN COMPARISON 176 “BEYOND” THE INVERSION OF OPPOSITES 186 ETHICAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS 192 CONCLUDING THE COMPARISON 197 Conclusion 199 Notes 203 Bibliography 223 Index 235 A 235 B 235 C 235 D 236 E 236 F 237 G 237 H 237 I 237 J 237 K 237 L 238 M 238 N 238 O 238 P 239 Q 239 R 239 S 239 T 239 U 240 V 240 W 240 X 240 Y 240 Z 240 "How do differences in language influence comparative philosophy? Although the Orientalism famously described by Edward Said is rare today, Steven Burik maintains that comparative philosophy often subtly privileges one tradition over another since certain conceptual schemes are so embedded in Western languages that it is difficult not to revert to them. Arguing for a new approach that acknowledges how theory and practice cannot be separated in comparative philosophical endeavors, Burik provides nonmetaphysical, deconstructionist readings of Heidegger and Derrida and uses these to give a new reading of classical Daoism. The ideas of language advanced therein can aid the project of comparative philosophy specifically, and philosophies generally, in trying to overcome ways of thinking that have dominated Western philosophy for twenty-five hundred years and still frustrate intercultural encounters."--pub. desc Heidegger And The Other Commencement -- Derrida : Otherness, Context, And Openness -- Rereading Daoism : The Other Way -- Thinking, Philosophy, And Language : Comparing Heidegger, Derrida, And Classical Daoism. Steven Burik. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.