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  • Kant's Parasite: Sublime Biodeconstruction

    Author(s):
    Jonathan Basile (see profile)
    Date:
    2020
    Group(s):
    Animal Studies, Environmental Humanities, German Literature and Culture, Philosophy, Science and Technology Studies (STS)
    Subject(s):
    Science--Philosophy, Idealism, Philosophy of nature, Rhetoric, Deconstruction, Derrida, Jacques
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    paul de man, parasite, sublime, Philosophy of science, Jacques Derrida
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/ygh5-7d66
    Abstract:
    In Kant's Critique of Judgment, his exploration of how something like life (organized matter) can appear to the faculties of a finite consciousness makes life as possible as it is impossible. A passing reference Kant makes to the idea that every organ of an organism can be seen as a parasite is taken as a lever to deconstruct his notion of organized beings as forming an ultimately coherent nature (an ethicoteleological whole). This reading is placed alongside Paul de Man's deconstruction of the sublime as Augenschein and Darstellung von Ideen to show that the unity of the third critique, sometimes viewed as a fractured work, comes from the similar failures of sublimity and purposive organization. This reading is offered to suggest the importance of biodeconstruction for an engagement with the history and present of thought about the natural sciences.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.14321/crnewcentrevi.19.3.0173
    Publisher:
    Michigan State University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2020-1-31
    Journal:
    CR: The New Centennial Review
    Volume:
    19
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    173 - 200
    ISSN:
    1532-687X
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-ShareAlike

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