Habermas on Heidegger and Bataille: Positing the Postmetaphysical Experience
Journal: Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy (Vol.3, No. 2)Publication Date: 2019-10-06
Authors : Fasil Merawi;
Page : 45-60
Keywords : being; heterology; postmetaphysical;
Abstract
This article critically exposes Habermas' discussion of Martin Heidegger's philosophy of Being and George Bataille's heterology as a way of identifying the postmetaphysical stance as the guiding spirit of Habermas' modernity. In his work The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Habermas argues that whereas Heidegger's Being sacrifices actuality in the name of interpretation, Bataille's heterology sets up the unlimited experience which fails to provide an impetus for societal critique. Here a postmetaphysical approach is envisaged by Habermas as a way of going beyond the confines of the metaphysical tradition, although it also needs to pay attention to charges of misreading in its attempt to deconstruct the discourse of the modern.
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