Identity and Difference

This volume deals with the question of identity and difference by experts in both the analytic and continental traditions. It ranges over a variety of themes and authors, including metaphysics and political theory, Parfit, and Heidegger. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.

List of contents

Introduction: Identity and Difference 1. Hegelian Identity 2. Technological Fictions and Personal Identity: On Ricoeur, Schechtman and Analytic Thought Experiments 3. Heidegger's Jews: Inclusion/Exclusion and Heidegger's Anti-Semitism 4. Heidegger, the Pólis, the Political and Gelassenheit 5. Levinas and the Possibility of Dialogue with "Strangers" 6. The Government of Desire: A Genealogical Perspective

About the author

Rafael Winkler is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the editor of Phenomenology and Naturalism (2017) and Identity and Difference: Contemporary Debates on the Self (2016).

Summary

This volume deals with the question of identity and difference by experts in both the analytic and continental traditions. It ranges over a variety of themes and authors, including metaphysics and political theory, Parfit, and Heidegger. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael (University of Johannesburg Winkler
• Assisted by: Rafael Winkler (Editor), Winkler Rafael (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138080751
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08075-1
• No. of pages: 114
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity