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Series Editors: Hugh J. Silverman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Graeme Nicholson, Trinity College, University of Toronto
"Francois Raffoul's book is the first work to address the crucial question of subjectivity in Heidegger's thought, in a rigorous and indeed exhaustive fashion. This is a major work, which will stand out in Heidegger studies." - Jean-Luc Nancy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Strasbourg
"Raffoul's examination of the 'subject' in Heidegger's thought is a gold mine. The adroitness with which the author traces the emergence of the 'subject' in Descartes, . . . Kant, and . . . Husserl is a tour de force." -William Richardson, Professor of Philosophy, Boston College
Against traditional interpretations, which claim either that Heidegger has rendered all accounts of subjectivity-and consequently of ethics-impossible, or, on the contrary, that Heidegger merely renews the modern metaphysics of subjectivity, Raffoul demonstrates how Heidegger's destruction/deconstruction of the subject opens the space for a radically nonsubjectivistic formulation of human being.
Raffoul reconstitutes and analyzes Heidegger's debate with the great thinkers of subjectivity (Descartes, Kant, Husserl), in order to show that Heidegger's "destructive" reading of the modern metaphysics of subjectivity is, in fact, a positive reappropriation of the ontological foundations of the subject. Raffoul's recasting of Heidegger's work on human subjectivity should prove indispensable in future debates on the fate of the subject in the postmodern era.