Leonhard Riep
Biographic Data
| ID | 4424883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonhard Riep |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Riep |
| SIGNATURE | RIEP L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leipzig University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5754-5501 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Toward a comprehensive method of phenomenological understanding: Foucault’s early critique of Jaspers’s “hermeneutic limit”
In this article, I highlight the significant influence that Karl Jaspers had on the early Foucault. In particular, I focus on what I refer to as the “hermeneutic limit” of Jaspers's phenomenologically inspired method of intuitive understanding. According to Jaspers, certain borderline cases of psychopathological phenomena, such as schizophrenia, are beyond all understandability because no meaning can be derived from them. Due to this limit, these…
The History of Truth: Foucault in Buffalo, 1972
Based on tape recordings preserved in the archives of SUNY Buffalo, this article discusses a hitherto unpublished lecture course entitled "The History of Truth," which Foucault gave in Buffalo in 1972. It traces Foucault's archaeological investigation of the discursive practices that led to the phenomenon known in Western history as "truth." Accordingly, the article reconstructs the two central "knowledge-power" complexes that Foucault analyzes: …
Deborah Cook, Adorno, Foucault, and the Critique of the West
The Production of the Muselmann and the Singularity of Auschwitz: A Critique of Adriana Cavarero's Account of the “Auschwitz Event”
Feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero claims in her book Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence that the core of the horror of Auschwitz is constituted by the figure of the Muselmann . I argue that Cavarero's lack of an accurate historical engagement with this figure in particular and with Auschwitz in general leads her to a speculative turn, thereby universalizing the phenomenon of the Muselmann by making it the example of Auschwitz, and moreov…
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Deborah Cook, Adorno, Foucault, and the Critique of the West
The Production of the Muselmann and the Singularity of Auschwitz: A Critique of Adriana Cavarero's Account of the “Auschwitz Event”
Feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero claims in her book Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence that the core of the horror of Auschwitz is constituted by the figure of the Muselmann . I argue that Cavarero's lack of an accurate historical engagement with this figure in particular and with Auschwitz in general leads her to a speculative turn, thereby universalizing the phenomenon of the Muselmann by making it the example of Auschwitz, and moreov…
The History of Truth: Foucault in Buffalo, 1972
Based on tape recordings preserved in the archives of SUNY Buffalo, this article discusses a hitherto unpublished lecture course entitled "The History of Truth," which Foucault gave in Buffalo in 1972. It traces Foucault's archaeological investigation of the discursive practices that led to the phenomenon known in Western history as "truth." Accordingly, the article reconstructs the two central "knowledge-power" complexes that Foucault analyzes: …
Toward a comprehensive method of phenomenological understanding: Foucault’s early critique of Jaspers’s “hermeneutic limit”
In this article, I highlight the significant influence that Karl Jaspers had on the early Foucault. In particular, I focus on what I refer to as the “hermeneutic limit” of Jaspers's phenomenologically inspired method of intuitive understanding. According to Jaspers, certain borderline cases of psychopathological phenomena, such as schizophrenia, are beyond all understandability because no meaning can be derived from them. Due to this limit, these…
Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Relation (database (2 works) · Appeasement (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 works)