Modern Critical Thought: An Anthology of Theorists Writing on Theorists

383 Pages·2003·1.79 MB·English

by  Drew Milne

Modern Critical
Thought
An Anthology of Theorists
Writing on Theorists
Edited by Drew Milne

MODERN CRITICAL THOUGHT

Modern Critical
Thought
An Anthology of Theorists
Writing on Theorists
Edited by Drew Milne
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Criticism and/or Critique 1
1 Luka´cs on Marx 23
Georg Luka´cs, ‘The Phenomenon of Reification’
2 Heidegger on Nietzsche 46
Martin Heidegger, ‘The Eternal Recurrence of the
Same and the Will to Power’
3 Adorno on Freud 62
Theodor Adorno, ‘Sociology and Psychology’
4 Merleau-Ponty on Luka´cs 82
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, ‘‘‘Western’’ Marxism’
5 Marcuse on Sartre 104
Herbert Marcuse, ‘Sartre’s Existentialism’
6 Levinas on Husserl 127
Emmanuel Levinas, ‘Reflections on Phenomenological ‘‘Technique’’’
7 Gadamer on Heidegger 140
Hans-Georg Gadamer, ‘Heidegger’s Later Philosophy’
8 Deleuze on Nietzsche and Kant 153
Gilles Deleuze, ‘Critique’
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9 Althusseron Marx 173
Louis Althusser, ‘From Capital to Marx’s Philosophy’
10 Derrida on Le´vi-Strauss 194
Jacques Derrida, ‘Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse
of the Human Sciences’
11 Foucault on Derrida 211
Michel Foucault, ‘My Body, This Paper, This Fire’
12 Habermas on Benjamin 232
Ju¨rgen Habermas, ‘Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or
Rescuing Critique’
13 Rose on Lacan 260
Jacqueline Rose, ‘Feminine Sexuality: Jacques Lacan and the
E´cole Freudienne’
14 Bhabha on Fanon 286
Homi Bhabha, ‘Interrogating Identity: Frantz Fanon and the
Postcolonial Prerogative’
15 Butler on Kristeva and Foucault 311
Judith Butler, Gender Trouble
16 Zˇizˇek on Zˇizˇek 327
Slavoj Zˇizˇek, ‘Holding the Place’
Index 345
Acknowledgements
The editor and publishers gratefully acknowledge the following for permission to
reproduce copyright material:
1. Luka´cs on Marx:
Georg Luka´cs, ‘The Phenomenon of Reification’ (1922), from ‘Reification and the
ConsciousnessoftheProletariat’,HistoryandClassConsciousness,trans.RodneyLiving-
stone (London: Merlin Press, 1971), pp. 83–110.
2. Heidegger on Nietzsche:
‘The Eternal Recurrence of the Same and the Will to Power’ (pp. 161–183), from
Nietzsche, Volume III: The Will to Power as Knowledge and as Metaphysics by Martin
Heidegger and translated by David Farrell Krell (San Francisco: Harper & Row,
1987). Copyright # 1987 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
3. Adorno on Freud:
TheodorAdorno,‘SociologyandPsychology’(1955),trans.IrvingN.Wohlfarth,New
Left Review, 47 (1967), pp. 79–97.
4. Merleau-Ponty on Luka´cs:
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, ‘‘‘Western’’ Marxism’ (1953–4), Adventures of the Dialectic
(1955), trans. Joseph Bien (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1973),
pp. 30–58. Reproduced by permission of Northwestern University Press and Editions
Gallimard.
5. Marcuse on Sartre:
Herbert Marcuse, ‘Sartre’s Existentialism’ (1948), Studies in Critical Philosophy, trans.
Joris De Bres (London: New Left Books, 1972), pp. 159–190 (paperback edition re-
titled From Luther to Popper (London: Verso, 1983)).
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6. Levinas on Husserl:
EmmanuelLevinas,‘ReflectionsonPhenomenological‘‘Technique’’’(1959),Discover-
ing Existence with Husserl, trans. Richard A. Cohen and Michael B. Smith (Evanston,
Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1998), pp. 91–102.
7. Gadamer on Heidegger:
Hans-Georg Gadamer, ‘Heidegger’s Later Philosophy’ (1960), Philosophical Hermeneut-
ics, trans. David E. Linge (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press,
1976), pp. 213–228.
8. Deleuze on Nietzsche and Kant:
Gilles Deleuze, ‘Critique’, Nietzsche and Philosophy (1962), trans. Hugh Tomlinson
(London: Athlone, 1984), pp. 73–94.
9. Althusser on Marx:
LouisAlthusser,‘FromCapitaltoMarx’sPhilosophy’(1968),ReadingCapital,trans.Ben
Brewster (London: Verso, 1970), pp. 13–34.
10. Derrida on Le´vi-Strauss:
Jacques Derrida, ‘Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences’
(1966), Writing and Difference, trans. Alan Bass (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1978),pp.278–293.ReproducedwithpermissionoftheTaylorandFrancisGroupand
the University of Chicago Press.
11. Foucault on Derrida:
Michel Foucault, ‘My Body, This Paper, This Fire’ (1972), trans. Geoff Bennington,
Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology: Essential Works of Foucault, vol. 2, ed. James
D. Faubion (London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1998), pp. 393–417. Reproduced by
permissionofPenguinBooksLtd.ExcerptsfromJacquesDerrida,WritingandDifference,
trans.AlanBass(London:RoutledgeandKeganPaul,1978),reproducedwithpermis-
sion of the Taylor and Francis Group and the University of Chicago Press.
12. Habermas on Benjamin:
Ju¨rgen Habermas, ‘Walter Benjamin: Consciousness-Raising or Rescuing Critique’
(1972), trans. Frederick Lawrence, Philosophical-Political Profiles (Cambridge, MA:
MIT, 1983), pp. 129–163.
13. Rose on Lacan:
JacquelineRose,‘FeminineSexuality:JacquesLacanandtheE´coleFreudienne’,Sexuality
in the Field of Vision (London: Verso, 1986), pp. 52–81.
14. Bhabha on Fanon:
HomiBhabha,‘InterrogatingIdentity:FrantzFanonandthePostcolonialPrerogative’,
The Location of Culture (London: Routledge, 1994), pp. 40–65.