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The Zoo-logy in view of late Heidegger’ Philosophy : A blind spot of Agamben and Derrida’s critique

  • Philosophical Investigation
  • 2018, 52(), pp.177~208
  • DOI : 10.33156/philos.2018.52..006
  • Publisher : Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
  • Research Area : Humanities > Philosophy
  • Received : October 3, 2018
  • Accepted : November 11, 2018
  • Published : November 30, 2018

Kim, Dong Gyu 1

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ABSTRACT

In modern animal discourses, Heidegger’s philosophy is a main criterion. These discourses begin with Heidegger and end with criticizing him. It is for two main reasons that Heidegger’s philosophy is treated like this. One is that Heidegger’s philosophy is an updated edition of the most up-to-date versions of Western philosophy(including zoo-logy), and the other is that Heidegger's animal discourse has been seen as a remnant of Western philosophical tradition, although he had criticized the Western anthropocentrism more intensively than anyone before. The latter gives the young philosophers an opportunity to settle the debts of Heidegger's philosophy once and for all (through criticizing his animal discourse by terms of his own logic). The question is whether their reading of Heidegger’s texts was meticulously conducted. If it had a poor understanding, it is necessary to look at why it happened. I believe that philosophers such as Derrida and Agamben, who have led nowadays the animal discourse, are biased against Heidegger, because they chose another kind of risk in order to avoid the greater danger. Of course, their interpretations are not entirely error-prone, and their criticism is persuasive within certain limits. However, I think that it is necessary to find out aspects that were invisible through the points of view of them, and to try to find the best way in relation between animality and humanity. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is (1) to sketch present animal studies briefly, (2) to reveal the entire Heidegger’s animal discourse and finally, (3) to look for a best way in relation between animality and humanity. In short, it is the ultimate goal of this paper to examine whether Heidegger’s zoo-logy can be the best way.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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