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Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/56970 Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht schalk.gerber101@gmail.com Gerber, Schalk Hendrik UCTD Being-with Heidegger Levinas Love Metaphysics Nancy Ontotheology Politics Transcendence Transimmanence Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Is a notion of transcendence still possible, after (a certain) metaphysics, which enables a sense of politics that does not reduce difference? This study seeks to address the question by first suggesting that in Edmund Husserl s redefinition of the distinction between immanence (the subject s cognition) and transcendence (the world/ the other) one finds a starting point for the endeavor. Additionally, three criteria for guiding the set-out task of thinking after metaphysics are proposed. The first criterion concerns the modus operandi for thinking after metaphysics that I call a thinking the same different taken from Martin Heidegger s way of engaging with the history of thought. The second criterion is also provided by Heidegger in his critique of ontotheology and accordingly concerns avoiding ontotheology, which is synonymous with thinking after (a certain) metaphysics, i.e. the metaphysics of ontotheology. Furthermore, in appropriating Heidegger, account is also taken of his involvement with the Nazi regime, as demythologizing Heidegger with the help of John Caputo. The third and final criterion concerns thinking the other (not the Other) sprouting from Emmanuel Levinas critique of Heidegger sublating alterity. In turn, these criteria are argued to be met in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy, who also redefines the distinction between immanence (subject) and transcendence (the world/ the other), allowing me to make a case for Nancy providing an alternative sense of politics that allows for difference. This alternative sense of politics is found in Nancy s re-appropriation of Heidegger s notion of Mitsein, as thinking the with of being-with, which concerns the plurality of singularities. Moreover, it is argued that Nancy s notion of transcendence as transimmanence enables his alternative sense of politics. Furthermore, Nancy s thought is brought into a debate with that of Levinas, who might also be considered to provide a way to answer the question above. The debate hinges on Levinas rejection, and Nancy re-appropriation of Heidegger and includes Critchley s Levinasian critique of Nancy, as well as a Nancian reply and critique of Levinas in a discussion on love. Following the debate, the concluding remarks propose why Nancy is preferred above Levinas in answering the question, and the implications of Nancy s thought for the South African context. tm2016 ae2025 Dogmatics and Christian Ethics MA Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2016-09-26T06:59:46Z 2016-09-26T06:59:46Z 2016/09/02 2016 Dissertation Gerber, SH 2016, Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56970> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56970 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Being-with Heidegger Levinas Love Metaphysics Nancy Ontotheology Politics Transcendence Transimmanence Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title | Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title_full | Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title_fullStr | Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title_short | Towards a politics of love : the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of Jean-Luc Nancy |
| title_sort | towards a politics of love the question of transcendence as transimmanence in the thought of jean luc nancy |
| topic | UCTD Being-with Heidegger Levinas Love Metaphysics Nancy Ontotheology Politics Transcendence Transimmanence Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
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