Nihilism and the Deconstruction of Time
Notes toward Infrapolitics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13038007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaime Rodríguez Matos (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TRANSMODERNITY Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2154-1361 • E-ISSN: 2154-1353 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/t451027408 |
| OpenAlex | W583879072 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Ernesto Laclau) from the charge of nihilism that is usually leveled at approaches that posit the absence of a final or foundational ground, whether it is in terms of politics or philosophy. He cites Laclau's words to this effect: there are no necessarily pessimistic or nihilistic conclusions to be drawn from the dissolution of the foundationalist horizon . . . As Laclau underlines, the "abandonment of the myth of foundations does not lead to nihilism . . ." since the "dissolution of the myth of foundations . . . further radicalizes the emancipatory possibilities offered by the Enlightenment and Marxism." (156) What is odd about this particular defense against the accusation of nihilism is that the theory of post-foundationalism is predicated first and foremost on what Heidegger called the ontological difference. And in Heidegger's own thought, we find that taking the ontological difference seriously would make it impossible to treat the problem of nihilism as a mere pitfall that can be avoided or as an obstacle that can be simply surpassed-for nihilism must instead be thought in its essence and thought must first learn how to gather itself in the nothing that it is (see "On the Question of Being" Heidegger 291-322). Marchart, on the contrary, states that nihilism, which for him is another name for anti-foundationalism, is the assumption of the absence of foundations, even if one thinks of foundations as a contingent and partial. And according to him, this "would result in complete meaninglessness" (14)
Art · Deconstruction (building · Epistemology · Literature · Nihilism · Psychoanalysis · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Engineering · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |