Héctor G Castaño
Biographic Data
| ID | 1173708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Héctor G Castaño |
| GIVEN NAMES | Héctor G |
| FAMILY NAME | Castaño |
| SIGNATURE | CASTAÑO H G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paris Nanterre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
L’autre lettre
Les réflexions de Stiegler sur le concept d’« adoption » constituent un effort remarquable visant à dépasser la « pharmacologie de la différence culturelle », qui réduit la diversité des modes de vie à des conceptions culturalistes et nationalistes incapables d’aborder les enjeux technologiques contemporains. Cet article examine l’impact persistant de cette pharmacologie dans les analyses de Stiegler concernant la « grammatisation occidentale ». …
Singularity in Translation and the Economy of Cultural Difference
Drawing inspiration from Sam Weber’s work, this paper analyzes philosophical discourses about cultural differences and culturalist narratives about the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in China and Taiwan, all of which deny singularity. It shows how a predominant conception of cultural diversity can be traced back to the origins of philosophical nationalism and modern traductology. To demonstrate how cultural differences are constructed on myths…
Wandering Comparisons—Between Derrida and Zhuangzi
This article explores the comparison between Derrida and Zhuangzi and their approaches to the question of metaphor and analogy, examining the deconstruction of essentialist and culturalist forms of philosophical comparativism. The author contends that the notion of ‘Western metaphysics’ relies on an implicit comparison between the West and its others, shaped not only by philosophical factors but also by historical, sociological and strategic cons…
A Chinese Word by Jacques Derrida
Some scholars claim that in Derrida's Of Grammatology the author presents China and its script as essentially and radically Other when compared to the West. In this paper, I argue that Derrida's discussion of Leibniz, his critique of the notions of ‘phonetic writing’ and ‘ideograph’, and the distinction he makes between ‘logocentrism’ and ‘phonocentrism’, enables him to deconstruct an essentialist conception of China or Chinese writing. However, …
A Worldless Flesh
When I think of Paul, I do not think of a flow of private sensations in relation to my own sensations that are mediated through some interposed signs; rather, I think of someone who lives in the sa
Corpus and Evidence
Research Article| November 01 2016 Corpus and Evidence: On Jean-Luc Nancy’s Style Héctor G. Castaño Héctor G. Castaño Nanterre University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google CR: The New Centennial Review (2016) 16 (3): 83–100. https://doi.org/10.14321/crnewcentrevi.16.3.0083 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Héctor G. Castaño; Corpus and Evidence: On Jean-Luc N…
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Corpus and Evidence
Research Article| November 01 2016 Corpus and Evidence: On Jean-Luc Nancy’s Style Héctor G. Castaño Héctor G. Castaño Nanterre University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google CR: The New Centennial Review (2016) 16 (3): 83–100. https://doi.org/10.14321/crnewcentrevi.16.3.0083 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Héctor G. Castaño; Corpus and Evidence: On Jean-Luc N…
A Worldless Flesh
When I think of Paul, I do not think of a flow of private sensations in relation to my own sensations that are mediated through some interposed signs; rather, I think of someone who lives in the sa
A Chinese Word by Jacques Derrida
Some scholars claim that in Derrida's Of Grammatology the author presents China and its script as essentially and radically Other when compared to the West. In this paper, I argue that Derrida's discussion of Leibniz, his critique of the notions of ‘phonetic writing’ and ‘ideograph’, and the distinction he makes between ‘logocentrism’ and ‘phonocentrism’, enables him to deconstruct an essentialist conception of China or Chinese writing. However, …
Wandering Comparisons—Between Derrida and Zhuangzi
This article explores the comparison between Derrida and Zhuangzi and their approaches to the question of metaphor and analogy, examining the deconstruction of essentialist and culturalist forms of philosophical comparativism. The author contends that the notion of ‘Western metaphysics’ relies on an implicit comparison between the West and its others, shaped not only by philosophical factors but also by historical, sociological and strategic cons…
L’autre lettre
Les réflexions de Stiegler sur le concept d’« adoption » constituent un effort remarquable visant à dépasser la « pharmacologie de la différence culturelle », qui réduit la diversité des modes de vie à des conceptions culturalistes et nationalistes incapables d’aborder les enjeux technologiques contemporains. Cet article examine l’impact persistant de cette pharmacologie dans les analyses de Stiegler concernant la « grammatisation occidentale ». …
Singularity in Translation and the Economy of Cultural Difference
Drawing inspiration from Sam Weber’s work, this paper analyzes philosophical discourses about cultural differences and culturalist narratives about the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in China and Taiwan, all of which deny singularity. It shows how a predominant conception of cultural diversity can be traced back to the origins of philosophical nationalism and modern traductology. To demonstrate how cultural differences are constructed on myths…
Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Digital Media and Philosophy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Essentialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)