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Existential Images: Heidegger, Camus, and Levinas

Year 2022, Volume: 16 Issue: 1, 115 - 127, 06.06.2022

Abstract

This essay examines key images presented in the works of the following philosophers: Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Emmanuel Levinas; the central notion is that certain images are employed in order to express vital points of the thinkers’ works and, arguably, act as Existential artefacts in their own right. Existentialist thought employs such images because of a rhetorical constraint or limitation of language which is not explicitly recognised or elaborated within the works themselves. Further, it is maintained that the imaginative aspect of Existentialism articulates an essentially metaphorical approach to the world. Finally, it is considered how this tension between the expression of philosophic positions and the image relates to concepts.

References

  • Camus, Albert. 1955. The Myth of Sisyphus. O’Brien, J. (trans.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Dimitrova, Maria. (ed.). 2011. In Levinas’ Trace. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.
  • Heidegger, Martin. 1998. Being and Time. In: The Continental Philosophy Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 27-47.
  • Heidegger, Martin. 1977. “Letter on Humanism.” In Basic Writings. Krell, D. F. (ed.). New York: Harper and Row.
  • Levinas, Emmanuel. 1998. “Is Ontology Fundamental?” In Entre Nous: Thinking of the Other. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 1-12.
  • Levinas, Emmanuel. 1969. Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. Lingis, A. (trans.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press.
  • Marion, Jean-Luc. 2000. “The Voice without Name: Homage to Levinas.” In The Face of the Other and the Trace of God. Bloechl, J. (ed.). New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 224-42.
  • Milburn, Joseph Thomas. 2022a. “Concept Work: A Philosophic Approach to Literature,” Sofia Philosophical Review, Vol XIV, No. 2.
  • Milburn, Joseph Thomas. 2022b. “Haruki Murakami and Carl Gustav Jung: A Post-Jungian Perspective,” [Special Issue on the Work of Haruki Murakami] In Statu Nascendi: Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations, Vol 5. 1. Stuttgart: Ibidem Press.
  • Perpich, Diane. 2005. “Figurative Language and the Face in Levinas’s Philosophy,” Philosophy and Rhetoric vol. 38, no. 2. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University. pp. 103-121.
  • Sartre, Jean-Paul. 1998. Existentialism and Humanism. In The Continental Philosophy Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 65-76.

Varoluşculuğun İmgeleri: Heidegger, Camus, and Levinas

Year 2022, Volume: 16 Issue: 1, 115 - 127, 06.06.2022

Abstract

Bu çalışma Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus ve Emmanuel Levinas’ın eserlerinde sıkça görülen ana imgelerin bir analizini sunar. Çalışmanın temel düşüncesi, incelemenin konusunu oluşturan düşünürlerin önemli noktaları açıklamak için eserlerinde ortak belirli imgeleri kullandığı ve bu imgelerin varoluşçu felsefenin arketiplerini oluşturduğu yönündedir. Aslında bu düşünürlerin eserlerinde açıkça ifade edilip tartışma konusu yapılmasa da varoluşçu düşüncenin dilin retorik boyutta neden olduğu kısıt ve engellemeler yüzünden bu tür imgeler kullandığı iddia edilmektedir. Ayrıca, varoluşçu felsefenin imgesel yönü gözlemlenen dış dünyanın temelde betimlemeler aracılığıyla ifadesini gerektirir. Sonuç olarak, varoluşçu felsefenin görüşlerinin ifade biçimi ile imge arasındaki gerilimin felsefinin temel kavramlarıyla olan ilişkisi bu çalışmanın konusunu oluşturur.

References

  • Camus, Albert. 1955. The Myth of Sisyphus. O’Brien, J. (trans.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Dimitrova, Maria. (ed.). 2011. In Levinas’ Trace. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.
  • Heidegger, Martin. 1998. Being and Time. In: The Continental Philosophy Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 27-47.
  • Heidegger, Martin. 1977. “Letter on Humanism.” In Basic Writings. Krell, D. F. (ed.). New York: Harper and Row.
  • Levinas, Emmanuel. 1998. “Is Ontology Fundamental?” In Entre Nous: Thinking of the Other. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 1-12.
  • Levinas, Emmanuel. 1969. Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. Lingis, A. (trans.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press.
  • Marion, Jean-Luc. 2000. “The Voice without Name: Homage to Levinas.” In The Face of the Other and the Trace of God. Bloechl, J. (ed.). New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 224-42.
  • Milburn, Joseph Thomas. 2022a. “Concept Work: A Philosophic Approach to Literature,” Sofia Philosophical Review, Vol XIV, No. 2.
  • Milburn, Joseph Thomas. 2022b. “Haruki Murakami and Carl Gustav Jung: A Post-Jungian Perspective,” [Special Issue on the Work of Haruki Murakami] In Statu Nascendi: Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations, Vol 5. 1. Stuttgart: Ibidem Press.
  • Perpich, Diane. 2005. “Figurative Language and the Face in Levinas’s Philosophy,” Philosophy and Rhetoric vol. 38, no. 2. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University. pp. 103-121.
  • Sartre, Jean-Paul. 1998. Existentialism and Humanism. In The Continental Philosophy Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 65-76.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Literary Theory
Journal Section Research Articles
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Joseph Thomas Mılburn This is me 0000-0003-4792-2785

Publication Date June 6, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 16 Issue: 1

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APA Mılburn, J. T. (2022). Existential Images: Heidegger, Camus, and Levinas. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 16(1), 115-127. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1119247

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