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ON SPATIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN HEIDEGGER’S BEING AND TIME

Year 2016, Issue: 22, 315 - 332, 01.09.2016

Abstract

This paper evaluates and criticizes Martin Heidegger’s account of space and spatiality as offered in his Being and Time, predominantly in sections 22-24 of Chapter III. Heidegger’s basic argument is that everyday space is structured by Dasein’s concerns. After exploring this theme, it will be argued that Heidegger’s account of spatiality is vague and unsatisfactory because whilst emphasizing the essential interdependency and interwovenness of Dasein and the world, Heidegger fails to give a plausible account of the materiality of Dasein’s spatiality. His whole notion of spatiality is built at the expense of the loss of Dasein’s physical embodiment. It will be suggested that Heidegger’s motive in ignoring the bodily nature of Dasein stems from his worry of introducing the notion of Cartesian subjectivity into his account which would contradict his philosophical project. However, the absence of the materiality of Dasein’s existence eventually prompts Heidegger to present non-spatial concepts - such as familiarity and attention – as spatial categories, which constitutes not only the provocation but also the limitation of his account on spatiality

References

  • AHO, K. A. (2009): Heidegger’s Neglect of the Body. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
  • ALWEISS, L. (2003): The World Unclaimed: A Challenge to Heidegger’s Critique of Husserl. Ohio: Ohio University Press.
  • CERBONE, D. (2013): Heidegger on Space and Spatiality. The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger’s Being and Time. (Mark A. Wrathall, Ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • DREYFUS, H. (1991): Being-in-the-World: A Commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division I. Cambridge and Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (1962): Being and Time. (John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson, Trans). Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (1978): Letter on Humanism. Basic Writings. (David Farrell Krell, Ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (2001): Zollikon Seminars: Protocols – Conversations – Letters. (Medard Boss, Ed., Franz Mayr, Richard Askay, Trans.). Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
  • LEVINAS, E. (1969): Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. (Alphonso Lingis, Trans.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press.
  • MALPAS, J. (2006): Heidegger’s Topology: Being, Place, World. Cambridge and Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
  • MITCHELL, A. J. (2010): Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space and the Art of Dwelling. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • MULHALL, S. (1996): Heidegger and Being and Time. London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • POLT, R. (1999): Heidegger: An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • SARTRE, J. P. (2001): Existentialism and Humanism. Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings, (Stephen Priest, Ed.). London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • VALLEGA, A. A. (2003): Heidegger and the Issue of Space: Thinking On Exilic Grounds. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

Heidegger’in Varlık ve Zaman’ında Uzamsallık ve Beden Sorunu

Year 2016, Issue: 22, 315 - 332, 01.09.2016

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Martin Heidegger’in Varlık ve Zaman isimli eserinin 3. Bölümünün 22-24’üncü kısımlarında ele aldığı uzay ve uzamsallık izahatını değerlendirip ve eleştirmektedir. Heidegger’in temel argümanı gündelik uzamın Dasein’ın kaygıları tarafından yapılandırıldığını savunmaktadır. Bu mesele açıklığa kavuşturulduktan sonra Heidegger’in uzamsallık izahatının belirsiz ve yetersiz olduğu savunulacaktır - çünkü Dasein ve dünya arasındaki temel karşılıklı bağımlılık ve iç içe geçmelik durumunu vurgularken, Heidegger’in Dasein’ın maddesel uzamsallığına dair tatmin edici bir açıklama getiremediği görülmektedir. Öyle ki, Heidegger, uzamsallık kavramını Dasein’ın fiziksel bedenini görmezden gelme pahasına yapılandırmaktadır. Heidegger’in Dasein’ın bedensel doğasını görmezden gelen tavrının, Kartezyen öznellik kavramına yer açarak kendi felsefi projesiyle çelişmek istememesinden kaynaklanabileceği öne sürülecektir. Ancak, Dasein’ın maddesel yokluğu, eninde sonunda Heidegger’i temelde uzamsal olmayan kavramları – aşinalık ve dikkat gibi - uzamsal olarak ele almaya yönlendirmektedir. Bu durum ise, Heidegger’in uzamsallık izahatinin kışkırtıcılığının yanı sıra yetersizliğine de dikkat çekmektedir

References

  • AHO, K. A. (2009): Heidegger’s Neglect of the Body. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
  • ALWEISS, L. (2003): The World Unclaimed: A Challenge to Heidegger’s Critique of Husserl. Ohio: Ohio University Press.
  • CERBONE, D. (2013): Heidegger on Space and Spatiality. The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger’s Being and Time. (Mark A. Wrathall, Ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • DREYFUS, H. (1991): Being-in-the-World: A Commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division I. Cambridge and Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (1962): Being and Time. (John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson, Trans). Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (1978): Letter on Humanism. Basic Writings. (David Farrell Krell, Ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
  • HEIDEGGER, M. (2001): Zollikon Seminars: Protocols – Conversations – Letters. (Medard Boss, Ed., Franz Mayr, Richard Askay, Trans.). Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
  • LEVINAS, E. (1969): Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. (Alphonso Lingis, Trans.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press.
  • MALPAS, J. (2006): Heidegger’s Topology: Being, Place, World. Cambridge and Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
  • MITCHELL, A. J. (2010): Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space and the Art of Dwelling. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • MULHALL, S. (1996): Heidegger and Being and Time. London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • POLT, R. (1999): Heidegger: An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • SARTRE, J. P. (2001): Existentialism and Humanism. Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings, (Stephen Priest, Ed.). London and New York: Routledge Press.
  • VALLEGA, A. A. (2003): Heidegger and the Issue of Space: Thinking On Exilic Grounds. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
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Başak Keki This is me

Publication Date September 1, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Issue: 22

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Chicago Keki, Başak. “ON SPATIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN HEIDEGGER’S BEING AND TIME”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 22 (September 2016): 315-32.

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