Of Minimal Things: Studies on the Notion of Relation by Rodolphe Gasche (English

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Explores and reassesses the philosophical notion of relation, drawing conclusions from the understanding of relation as a being-toward-another. Relation is shown to be central to the thought of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida and others, and to undergo elaborations that escape the ways in which it has traditionally been interpreted.

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This is an exploration and reassessment of the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relationas a thing of diminished being, this book views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. Drawing radical conclusions from the classical understanding of relation as a being-toward-another, it argues that rethinking relation engages the very possibility and limits of philosophical discourse. In the author s studies of Nietzsche and Benjamin, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida and Blanchot, relation is shown to be central to their thought and to undergo elaborations that escape the ontological, categorial, and formalist ways in which the concept has traditionally been interpreted. Comprehending relation in terms of determination, foundation, mediatization, translation, or communication, these authors are shown to draw out and refine a host of structural implications of the notion that unseat its formalist and categorial conception.

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"Of Minimal Things is masterful, learned, and never ceases to deliver maximal thought. Those seeking an intellectual challenge, and not just a performance, are urged to read it at least once."-International Studies in Philosophy

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Of Minimal Things is an exploration and reassessment of the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relation as a thing of diminished being, this book views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. Drawing radical conclusions from the classical understanding of relation as a being-toward-another, it argues that rethinking relation engages the very possibility and limits of philosophical discourse. In the author's studies of Nietzsche and Benjamin, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida and Blanchot, relation is shown to be central to their thought and to undergo elaborations that escape the ontological, categorial, and formalist ways in which the concept has traditionally been interpreted. Comprehending relation in terms of determination, foundation, mediatization, translation, or communication, these authors are shown to draw out and refine a host of structural implications of the notion that unseat its formalist and categorial conception. Studying the writings of Mallarm and Kafka, the author argues that rethought from, and in light of the other to which a relation tends, philosophy necessarily opens up to and is implicated in its others, one such possible other being literature.

Author Biography

Rodolphe Gasché is Eugenio Donato Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author, most recently, of The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Untimely Relations: 1. Ecce Homo, or the written body 2. Type-writing Nietzsche's self Part II. Intending the Nonrelational: 3. Tearing at the texture 4. Cutting in on distance Part III. Coming into Relation: 5. Floundering in determination 6. Tuned to accord 7. Canonizing measures 8. 'Like the Rose - without why' 9. Perhaps: a modality? Part IV. Rhythm and Zigzag: 10. On the nonadequate trait 11. Joining the text 12. On re-presentation Part V. Relation at the Crossroads: 13. reading chiasms 14. 'A relation called 'literary" 15. The felicities of paradox Notes Index.

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"Of Minimal Things is masterful, learned, and never ceases to deliver maximal thought. Those seeking an intellectual challenge, and not just a performance, are urged to read it at least once." - International Studies in Philosophy

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Of Minimal Things is an exploration and reassessment of the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relation as a thing of diminished being, this book views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. Drawing radical conclusions from the classical understanding of relation as a being-toward-another, it argues that rethinking relation engages the very possibility and limits of philosophical discourse.In the author's studies of Nietzsche and Benjamin, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida and Blanchot, relation is shown to be central to their thought and to undergo elaborations that escape the ontological, categorial, and formalist ways in which the concept has traditionally been interpreted. Comprehending relation in terms of determination, foundation, mediatization, translation, or communication, these authors are shown to draw out and refine a host of structural implications of the notion that unseat its formalist and categorial conception. Studying the writings of Mallarm and Kafka, the author argues that rethought from, and in light of the other to which a relation tends, philosophy necessarily opens up to and is implicated in its others, one such possible other being literature.

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Of Minimal Things is masterful, learned, and never ceases to deliver maximal thought. Those seeking an intellectual challenge, and not just a performance, are urged to read it at least once."

Details ISBN0804736766 Publisher Stanford University Press ISBN-10 0804736766 ISBN-13 9780804736763 Format Hardcover Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States DEWEY 111 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-12-01 Subtitle Studies on the Notion of Relation Illustrations black & white illustrations Series Cultural Memory in the Present Short Title Of Minimal Things Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780804736763 UK Release Date 1999-12-01 Pages 400 AU Release Date 1999-12-01 NZ Release Date 1999-12-01 US Release Date 1999-12-01 Alternative 9780804736770 Audience Undergraduate Author Rodolphe Gasche We've got this

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