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Ferit Güven illuminates the historically constitutive roles of madness and death in philosophy by examining them in the light of contemporary discussions of the intersection of power and knowledge and ethical relations with the other. Historically, as Güven shows, philosophical treatments of madness and death have limited or subdued their disruptive quality. Madness and death are linked to the question of how to conceptualize the unthinkable, but Güven illustrates how this conceptualization results in a reduction to positivity of the very radical negativity these moments represent. Tracing this problematic through Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, and, finally, in the debate on madness between Foucault and Derrida, Güven gestures toward a nonreducible, disruptive form of negativity, articulated in Heidegger's critique of Hegel and Foucault's engagement with Derrida, that might allow for the preservation of real otherness and open the possibility of a true ethics of difference.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Madness and Death

1. Plato: Death and Madness in the Phaedo and Phaedrus

2. Hegel: The Madness of the Soul and the Death of the Spirit

3. Heidegger: Death as Negativity

4. Heidegger: Madness, Negativity, Truth, and History

5. Foucault: The History of Madness

CONCLUSION

Madness Is Not a Thing of the Past

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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State University of New York Press

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9780791483565

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Madness and Death in Philosophy

SUNYSERIES INCONTEMPORARYCONTINENTALPHILOSOPHY

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LIST OFABBREVIATIONS

Contents

INTRODUCTION Madness and Death

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Plato: Death and Madness in thePhaedoandPhaedrus

Hegel: The Madness of the Soul and the Death of the Spirit

Heidegger: Death as Negativity

Heidegger: Madness, Negativity, Truth, and History

Foucault: The History of Madness

CONCLUSION Madness Is Not a Thing of the Past

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Acknowledgments

Even though the themes of madness and death suggest a radical solitude, this book was certainly not written in solitude. I want to acknowledge Elaine P. Miller and Daniel Price for their contributions throughout this work. They not only read earlier versions and gave me criticism and suggestions, but they have been rare “philosophical friends” over the years. I want to thank the entire community of the DePaul University Philos-ophy Department, especially Michael Naas, who was very supportive from the start of this project. Angelica Nuzzo and William McNeill were kind enough to read an earlier version of the manuscript. I also want to acknowledge the contributions of members of the Earlham College community. I would especially like to thank JoAnn Martin, who read an earlier version of the manuscript and was extremely encouraging even when I was in doubt. Tanja Stähler was probably the first person to insist on seeing the manuscript in print. Elizabeth Kesling was very skillful in editing the manuscript. I also want to thank Earlham College for supplying a Profes-sional Development Fund during the writing of this work. Jane Bunker and Laurie Searl of SUNY Press were extremely helpful at several stages of the publication. I also want to thank the two anonymous readers of the manuscript for their helpful comments. My family has always been supportive in many different ways that can-not be described. I want to thank my mother Nurten Güven, my brothers Engin Güven and Murat Güven, my nephew Derin Güven, my niece Yasemin Güven and my aunt Yüksel Inankur. Finally, I want to again thank Elaine Miller publicly (especially because I do not do it enough privately), without whom I would not have been able to write a meaningful sentence, let alone a book. She has always been pre-sent throughout this project, critical yet always supportive, as the best pos-sible partner.

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