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Differance and Identity

Differance and Identity 127 Differance and Identity KENNETH ITZKOWITZ State University of New York at Stony Brook The purpose of this essay is to think Derridean differance (with an a) in rela- tion to the Heideggerian conception of identity. That the two are related is sug- gested by the titles of the main texts under consideration: Derrida's "Differance" (with an a) and Heidegger's s Identity and Difference (with an e). Regarding the texts themselves, the essay "Differance" begins with a discussion of the verb "to differ" which, Derrida says, seems to differ from itself. On the one hand, it indicates difference as distinction, inequality, or discernibility; on the other, it ex- presses the interposition of delay, the interval of a spacing and tern- poralizing that puts off until 'later' what is presently denied, the possible that is presently impossible.' 1 It is significant that the verb "to differ" indicates, for Derrida, either difference ar the active differing as spacing/temporalizing. This account renders dif- ference as a passive which, as Derrida says later in the essay, "could never refer to differing as temporalizing or to differing as poleMOS."2 Hence difference signifies nonidentity but not the spacing/temporalizing which is, in contrast, "the order http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Research in Phenomenology Brill

Differance and Identity

Research in Phenomenology , Volume 8 (1): 127 – Jan 1, 1978

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Brill
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0085-5553
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1569-1640
DOI
10.1163/156916478X00076
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127 Differance and Identity KENNETH ITZKOWITZ State University of New York at Stony Brook The purpose of this essay is to think Derridean differance (with an a) in rela- tion to the Heideggerian conception of identity. That the two are related is sug- gested by the titles of the main texts under consideration: Derrida's "Differance" (with an a) and Heidegger's s Identity and Difference (with an e). Regarding the texts themselves, the essay "Differance" begins with a discussion of the verb "to differ" which, Derrida says, seems to differ from itself. On the one hand, it indicates difference as distinction, inequality, or discernibility; on the other, it ex- presses the interposition of delay, the interval of a spacing and tern- poralizing that puts off until 'later' what is presently denied, the possible that is presently impossible.' 1 It is significant that the verb "to differ" indicates, for Derrida, either difference ar the active differing as spacing/temporalizing. This account renders dif- ference as a passive which, as Derrida says later in the essay, "could never refer to differing as temporalizing or to differing as poleMOS."2 Hence difference signifies nonidentity but not the spacing/temporalizing which is, in contrast, "the order

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Research in PhenomenologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1978

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