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WINTER 2020
Charles University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (MA Module) Daniele De Santis, Ph. D. Office hours: Thursday 10:00-11:00 (in case you want to do it on-line, just send me an email) Email: daniele.desantis@ff.cuni.cz Jacques Derrida: Phenomenology, Ontology, Grammatology (Wednesday 10:50-12:25) Room: 218 1. General Description and Aims of the Module The module aims at discussing the phenomenological roots of the philosophy of the early Derrida, with a special focus on his writings on phenomenology from 1962 to 1967. The main objective is to study the development of Derrida’s position vis-à-vis the notions of phenomenology, ontology and metaphysics, and how the very concept of “difference” changes as he moves away from his first assessment of the relation between phenomenology and ontology in Husserl. In particular, three volumes will be at the center of our attention: the Introduction of 1926 to a short Husserlian text known as The Origin of Geometry; the anthology of essays published in Writing and Difference (notably, the text on Artaud and Levinas), as well as the famous book Of Grammatology, where the idea of a “metaphysics of presence” is systematically discussed. As we will show, the famous and untranslatable term différance, which Derrida introduces for the first time in 1965, is originally understood as an attempt the Heideggerian ontological difference. Methodologically, the module will try to rely on the different versions of Derrida’s texts in order to better highlight the development of his thought, especially in the years 1965-1967. N.B.: Given Derrida's mode of philosophizing (which consists in systematically commenting on other texts and philosophers), a minimal knowledge of Husserl and phenomenology is desirable, yet not mandatory. Course Outline Part 1 (Week 1-Week 2) Readings from: The Problem of Genesis in Husserl’s Philosophy Introduction to the Origin of Geometry Part 2 (Week 3-Week 6) Readings from: Writing and Difference Part 3 (Week 7-Week 9) Readings from: Of Grammatology Recapitulation (Week 10) Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (30.09.2020)
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Requirements
As the structure will be seminar-based, students will be evaluated based upon the following three distinct parameters:
(1) Participation in the online lectures. If you areabsent, please ask some of your classmates for any assignments or key discussion materials missed. (2) A Final Oral Exam (dates and additional info will be provided in due course) to be conducted online if there will be no possibility to do it in person (3) In class online presentation on a topic to be decided with me (info and modality will be provided in due course and discussed in class)
nota bene: to access the online lecture you to need to use the Zoom link that can be found on Moodle (https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10264) Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (15.12.2020)
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Essential Bibliography Original Editions J. Derrida, Le problème de la genèse dans la philosophie de Husserl (PUF 1990) J. Derrida, L’écriture et la différence (Seuil 1967) J. Derrida, De la grammatologie (Minuit 1967) J. Derrida, Marges de la philosophie (Minuit 1972) E. Husserl, L’origine de la géométrie (PUF 1962)
English Translations J. Derrida, The Problem of Genesis in Husserl’s Philosophy (The University of Chicago Press 2001) J. Derrida, Writing and Difference (Routledge 2002) J. Derrida, Of Grammatology (The John Hopkins University Press 1976) J. Derrida, Margins of Philosophy (The Harvester Press 1982) J. Derrida, Edmund Husserl’s Origin of Geometry. An Introduction (University of Nebraska Press 1989)
Suggested Readings L. Lawlor, Derrida and Husserl. The Basic Problem of Phenomenology (Indiana University Press 2002) A. Leroi-Gourhan, Le geste et la parole (Albin Michel 1964-65) Last update: De Santis Daniele, doc., Dott. Ric. (06.09.2020)
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