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SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER: DEATH AND DIALOGUE IN PLATO, GADAMER, AND DERRIDA

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER: DEATH AND DIALOGUE IN PLATO, GADAMER, AND DERRIDA In 1981 Derrida proposed that Gadamer's account of dialogue presupposes a metaphysic of the will. Gadamer denied this, tracing his account to a Platonic ‘kindly spirit’ at work in any dialogue worthy of the name. In Béliers Derrida reassessed Gadamer's hermeneutic. By interpreting the Theaetetus as a dialogue about dialogue, I show that through this reassessment Derrida goes to the heart of the problematic of such a ‘kindly spirit’ by dealing with dialogue in relation to death and the problem of speaking on behalf of any ‘other’. The complicated relation between death and dialogue plays an important role in Jacques Derrida's work. Already in La pharmacie de Platon , he addresses this relation. Noting that Plato's dialogues were written after Socrates' death, he wonders what this can mean for the esteemed ‘living speech’ of dialogue if this dialogue is an attempt to continue a conversation with someone who is dead and can no longer speak for himself. This theme returns in his later work guided by the following questions: How does one continue a dialogue with the dead? How does one and should one speak on behalf of someone who can no longer respond? It is not surprising http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER: DEATH AND DIALOGUE IN PLATO, GADAMER, AND DERRIDA

VAN DER HEIDEN, GERT‐JAN
The Heythrop Journal , Volume 53 (2) – Mar 1, 2012
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In 1981 Derrida proposed that Gadamer's account of dialogue presupposes a metaphysic of the will. Gadamer denied this, tracing his account to a Platonic ‘kindly spirit’ at work in any dialogue worthy of the name. In Béliers Derrida reassessed Gadamer's hermeneutic. By interpreting the Theaetetus as a dialogue about dialogue, I show that through this reassessment Derrida goes to the heart of the problematic of such a ‘kindly spirit’ by dealing with dialogue in relation to death and the problem of speaking on behalf of any ‘other’. The complicated relation between death and dialogue plays an important role in Jacques Derrida's work. Already in La pharmacie de Platon , he addresses this relation. Noting that Plato's dialogues were written after Socrates' death, he wonders what this can mean for the esteemed ‘living speech’ of dialogue if this dialogue is an attempt to continue a conversation with someone who is dead and can no longer speak for himself. This theme returns in his later work guided by the following questions: How does one continue a dialogue with the dead? How does one and should one speak on behalf of someone who can no longer respond? It is not surprising

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