Hegel versus Heidegger.pdf

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1、HeideggerÕsCritiqueofHegelOneofthestandardcritiquesofHegel,firstformulatedalreadybytheÒyoungHegelians,ÓconcernstheapparentcontradictionbetweenHegelÕsdialecticalmethodandhissystem.WhileHegelÕsmethodapproachesrealityinitsdynamicdevelopment,discerningineverydeterminate01/13formtheseedsofit

2、sowndestructionandself-overcoming,hissystemendeavorstorenderthetotalityofbeingasanachievedorderinwhichnofurtherdevelopmentisinview.WiththetwentiethcenturyinterpretersofHegelwhostandunderHeideggerÕsinfluence,thiscontradictionbetweentheÒlogicalÓandtheÒhistoricalÓacquiresadeeperradicalSlav

3、ojŽižekunderpinning:whattheytrytooutlineisamorefundamentalontologicalframethatisboththeHegelversussourceofHegelÕsdialecticalsystematizing,andis,simultaneously,betrayedbythisHeideggersystematizing.Thehistoricaldimensionisherenotsimplytheunendingevolutionofalllifeforms.Itisalsonotthelife-

4、philosophicaloppositionbetweentheyoungHegeltryingtograspthehistoricalantagonismsofsociallifeandtheoldHegelcompulsivelysteamrollingallcontentwithhisdialecticalmachine,buttheinherenttensionbetweenHegelÕssystematicdriveofnotionalself-mediation(orsublation)andamoreoriginalontologicalproject

5、that,followingHeidegger,AlexandreKoyredescribesasthehistoricityofthehumanconditionorientedtowardsfuture.1TherootofwhatHegelcallsÒnegativityÓis(ourawarenessof)future:futureiswhatisnot(yet),thepowerofnegativityisultimatelyidenticaltothepoweroftimeitself,thisforcethatcorrodeseveryfirmident

6、ity.Thepropertemporalityofahumanbeingisthusnotthatofthelineartime,butthatofengagedexistence:amanprojectshisfutureandthenactualizesitbywayofadetourthroughpastresources.ThisÒexistentialÓrootofnegativityisobfuscatedbyHegelÕssystemthatabolishesthisprimacyofthefutureandpresentsitsentireconte

7、ntasthepastÒsublatedÓinitslogicalformÐthestandpointadoptedhereisnotthatofengagedsubjectivity,butofAbsoluteKnowing.(AsimilarcritiqueofHegelwasdeployedbyAlexandreKojeveandJeanHyppolite.)WhathiscriticsallendeavortoformulateisatensionorantagonismintheverycoreofHegelÕsthoughtthatrem