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Death’s presents: Derrida – Haunting Hegel

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>21/12/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>svensk teologisk kvartalskrift
Issue number4
Volume96
Number of pages18
Pages (from-to)335-352
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper examines the ontological question that persists in Derrida's conception of a "hauntology", proposing that it is the last echo of the very "metaphysics of presence" that Derrida himself proposes to leave behind. The paper suggests that in the phrase "metaphysics of presence", Derrida had presumed that what was to be overcome was "presence", whereas for Heidegger all thinking is in fact an overcoming of "metaphysics" that allows presence (Anwesenheit) to be understood in both its most originary (as the "truth of beyng" or Wahrheit des Seyns) and its most futural (as the Da of Da-sein) senses. The paper reexamines two phrases central to Derrida's reading of Heidegger: one is the meaning of Sein zum Tode (being towards death), the other is Heidegger's "striking through" of beXyng, and proposes that, through our being unable to evade the most extreme moment of having to face death as the ineluctability of beingnolonger present, we are able finally to unveil the meaning presence for itself.

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Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift is an open access journal under the NC-ND license of Creative Commons, which means that it is allowed to publish the articles in their entirety elsewhere, assuming that the original source of publication is clearly stated. Articles are made available on the journal’s webpage six months after the issue is published. For further information, see the copyright notice below. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.