Futurity in Phenomenology: Promise and Method in Husserl, Levinas, and Derrida

by Neal Deroo

From Husserl's account of protention to the recent turn to eschatology in "theological" phenomenology, the future has always been a key aspect of phenomenological theories of time. This book offers the first sustained reflection on the significance of futurity for the phenomenological method itself. In tracing the development of this theme, the author shows that only a proper understanding of the two-fold nature of the future (as constitution and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823244644
• ISBN13: 9780823244645
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"