The Unthought Debt: Heidegger and the Hebraic Heritage

267 Pages·2006·1.29 MB·English

by  Marlene Zarader, Bettina Bergo

the unthought debt

Cultural Memory
in
the
Present
Mieke Bal and Hent de Vries, Editors

The UnThoUghT DebT
Heidegger and the Hebraic Heritage
Marlène Zarader

Translated by Bettina Bergo
stanford university press
stanford, california
2006
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
english translation © 2006 by the board of Trustees of the
Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
The Unthought Debt was originally published in French in 1990
under the title La Dette impensée © 1990, Éditions du Seuil, Paris.
This book has been published with the assistance of the
French Ministry of Culture—national Center for the book.
no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any
information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of
Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zarader, Marlène.
[Dette impensée. english]
The unthought debt : heidegger and the hebraic heritage / Marlène Zarader ;
translated by bettina bergo.
p. cm.—(Cultural memory in the present)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0-8047-3685-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn 0-8047-3686-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. I. Title. II. Series.
b3279.h49Z3613 2006
193—dc22
2005025807
original Printing 2006
Last figure below indicates year of this printing:
15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
Contents
Translator’s Acknowledgments iii
Introduction 00
part i. readings
1. heidegger’s Reading of history: The Split 000
2. The Question of Language 000
3. The Question of Thought 000
4. The Question of Interpretation 000
part ii. problems
1. And how Is It with being? 000
2. The Problem of Transmission 000
3. The hebraic heritage and Western Thought 000
Conclusion: Deconstruction or Reconstruction? 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000

Translator’s Acknowledgements

This translation would not have been possible without the support
and counsel of the following persons and organizations: barty begley and
Marlène Zarader (Université de Montpellier) for their help with the text.
Philippe Farah, Département de Philosophie, Université de Montréal for
his work on notes and the text. gabriel Malenfant, Département de Phi-
losophie, Université de Montréal for help with the text. Iain Macdonald
for help on thematic questions. Michael nass, Philosophy Department,
DePaul University; François Raffoul, Louisiana State University, for help
with the translation. James buckley, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
Loyola College. The humanities Center and its Director, Claire Matthews-
Mcginnis for their support. Alfred Tauber, boston University, Center for
Philosophy and history of Science. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study, Drew gilpin Faust, Dean, and Judith Vichniac, Center for europe-
an Studies, harvard University, for support. Robert gibbs, Department of
Philosophy, University of Toronto. oona eisenstadt, Department of Reli-
gious Studies, Pomona College. gregory Kaplan, Department of Religious
Studies, Rice University. Lia brozgal, harvard University, Department of
Romance Languages for research. David L. Teasley, Washington, D.C.