Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, philosophers throughout
history have built their theories around the problem of reconciling
a fundamental distinction, as for example, Plato's distinction
between knowledge (reality) and opinion (appearance), Descarte's
mind/body distinction, and Kant's a priori/a posteriori
distinction. This 'problem of difference' is a classic theme in
philosophy, and one that has taken especially intriguing turns in
recent decades. Jeffrey A. Bell here presents a finely constructed
survey of the contemporary continental philosophers, focusing on
how they have dealt with the problem of difference.
Bell's work centres around three key figures - Husserl,
Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze. He also considers the positions of such
thinkers as Foucault, Derrida, and Rorty, who have called for an
end to the traditional response to the problem of difference - an
end to the search for any ultimate foundations on which our varied
and different experiences of the world might be based - and thus,
in effect, an end to traditional philosophy.
In clarifying the relationship between phenomenology and
poststructuralism, Bell analyses the role of paradox in both
traditions, in particular the role it plays in accounting for
difference. Not only philosophers, but also teachers and students
in the area of comparative literary they will benefit from this
book.
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