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CAN SUBJECTIVITY BE SALVAGED?

CAN SUBJECTIVITY BE SALVAGED? 1. See, for example, Eduardo Cadava, Peter Connor, and Jean-Luc Nancy, eds., Who Comes after the Subject? (Lon? don: Routledge, 1991). 2. Dieter Henrich, “The Origins of the Theory of the Subject,” in Philosophical Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment, ed. Axel Honneth, Thomas McCarthy, Claus Offe, and Albrecht Wellmer (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992), 32. Common Knowledge 11:1 Copyright 2005 by Duke University Press revolved) with the reconstruction of subjectivity itself. My title is a question—“Can subjectivity be salvaged?”—which indicates a concern more than a claim. The word can and the question mark are meant to convey that my concern for subjectivity operates within confines, which are specifiable. It is definitely not the self-regarding (egoistic) dimensions of identity that we should rescue, for they do not seem to be in particular danger, theoretical or practical, in our time. Even if they were threatened, more altruism and openness to alterity is something we could live with. Moreover, my title does not refer to the kind of idealistically conceived subjectivity that is transparent, always identical, self-referential, and therefore very poorly informative about the “I” as concrete and situated existence. The sense I give to the term subjectivity I borrow http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Common Knowledge Duke University Press

CAN SUBJECTIVITY BE SALVAGED?

Papastephanou, Marianna
Common Knowledge , Volume 11 (1) – Jan 1, 2005
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1. See, for example, Eduardo Cadava, Peter Connor, and Jean-Luc Nancy, eds., Who Comes after the Subject? (Lon? don: Routledge, 1991). 2. Dieter Henrich, “The Origins of the Theory of the Subject,” in Philosophical Interventions in the Unfinished Project of Enlightenment, ed. Axel Honneth, Thomas McCarthy, Claus Offe, and Albrecht Wellmer (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992), 32. Common Knowledge 11:1 Copyright 2005 by Duke University Press revolved) with the reconstruction of subjectivity itself. My title is a question—“Can subjectivity be salvaged?”—which indicates a concern more than a claim. The word can and the question mark are meant to convey that my concern for subjectivity operates within confines, which are specifiable. It is definitely not the self-regarding (egoistic) dimensions of identity that we should rescue, for they do not seem to be in particular danger, theoretical or practical, in our time. Even if they were threatened, more altruism and openness to alterity is something we could live with. Moreover, my title does not refer to the kind of idealistically conceived subjectivity that is transparent, always identical, self-referential, and therefore very poorly informative about the “I” as concrete and situated existence. The sense I give to the term subjectivity I borrow

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Published: Jan 1, 2005

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