A dis-identity card: Geoffrey Hartman on the Paul de Man affair, twenty-five years later

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Abstract

This essay will concentrate on one aspect of Hartman's famous essay "History and Judgment: The Case of Paul de Man," focusing on his notion of intellectual responsibility and judgment. I would like to distinguish between Derrida's melancholic intervention in this affair and Hartman's mournful one, a distinction that brings about two different notions of responsibility. Hartman introduces a complex idea of judgment which resembles that of Hannah Arendt, though she is not referred to explicitly in that context. To end, a distinction will be made between Hartman's literary-theoretical task and his moral task, thereby differentiating him from the post-war figure of the philosopher-as-a-reader-of-literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)149-155
Number of pages7
JournalJewish Quarterly Review
Volume103
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Religious studies

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