著者

西野 厚志

出版者

物語研究会

雑誌

物語研究 (ISSN:13481622)

巻号頁・発行日

no.9, pp.45-59, 2009-03-31

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Jacques Derrida, a philosopher known for "deconstruction" is said to have made an "ethical turn" after the 1980s. The very declaration of "Deconstruction is Justice" in even the "Force of Law" (1994), was a significant event that clearly illustrated an "ethical turn". At around the same period in time, while Derrida argued against the philosophy of Heidegger in "Of Spirit" (1987), following the "ethical turn", he discusses the term "Geist", a keyword he utilizes in referring to ghostly apparitions which also suggests "spirit". This study disputes the potentials verses the risks of the "ethics" that Derrida presents, in comparing the "Force of Law" and "Of Spirit".