Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross

Book reviewed:
Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross by Deanna A. Thompson (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004) viii + 184 pp. Reviewed by David E. Lauber Department of Biblical and Theological Studies Wheaton College 501 E. College Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187 USA     

Medical Paradigm: Construction,Deconstruction, Reconstruction

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics -     

Deconstruction and Reconstruction

The authors present and elaborate their thesis that psychoanalysis is a hermeneutic science concerned with the causal nature of meaning. They contend that psychoanalysis is concerned primarily with uncovering the meaning of experience as unconsciously determined, that is, caused, by fantasy and as revealed by symptomatic effects. The cause-and-effect interrelationship that exists among fantasy, meaning, and symptom derives from certain abnormal experiences of self relative to selfobject that occur during early development. The authors draw upon their clinical studies of patients diagnosed with panic disorder, OCD, and OCPD and present two clinical vignettes for illustrative purposes. Using a combined method of "analytic deconstruction" and reconstruction, the authors demonstrate how various psychopathological states are reflective of failures to transform archaic narcissistic fantasies that unconsciously determine the meaning of the symptoms suffered by those diagnosed with these specific self-disorders.     

佛教哲学与德里达解构主义

针对有的学者把德里达解构主义看作当今“新乘”佛教的状况及学界对德里达思想误读的现象,提出以佛家思想为参照系,对两者在世界“有”“无”关系的本体论问题、世界存在方式问题及语言观等方面进行比较,并强调两者的不同之处是占主流的。此外,对德里达逝世之后的解构主义前景作了展望。     

超文本:文本的解构与重构

计算机和信息处理技术正在改变着知识的性质,甚至“在知识构成体系内部,任何不能转化输送的事物,都将淘汰。一切研究成果都必然转化成电脑语言……今后,知识的创造者和运用者都要具有将知识转化成电脑语言工具的技巧———无论他们是在创造作品还是在搞研究”[1]。在信息技术迅猛发展的今天,利奥塔的这一预言似乎将迅速成为现实。除了网络上每天涌现的新资讯以外,全球范围的数字化浪潮正将人类已有的知识由铅字转换为比特,并以超文本的形式广泛传播。这些新开辟的文本空间,深化了人们对语言符号相互关系的认识,也影响和改变着我们对一系列问…     

The Construction,Deconstruction, and Reconstruction of Difference

The construction of difference is central to racism, sexism and other forms of oppression. This paper examines the similar and dissimilar ways in which race and gender have been constructed in the United States and analyzes the consequences of these differences in construction for the development of social policy and the growth and nature of movements for social change.     

The Identity of,and the Difference between,Analytical and Continental Philosophy

This paper intends to invoke the spirit of Hegel as the éminence grise behind analytical and continental philosophy. Both movements can be seen to originate in, or to receive a strong impetus in their development from, a repudiation of Hegel. Even Russell's quest for a systematic logical analysis of language may be seen as an attempt at a quasi- or anti-Hegelian systematicity. The collapse of this systematicity has led to the celebration of difference in both the analytical and continental schools. Another feature of contemporary philosophy is the priority given to invention and creativity over discovery. In this respect, Nietzsche is the master-figure underlying all contemporary allegiance to, and indeed, obsession with, the twin idols of creation and difference.     

The Problem of Ontotheology: Complicating the Divide Between Philosophy and Theology

This paper examines the problem of ontotheology as it was defined by Martin Heidegger, and how it has subsequently been approached by those philosophers and theologians who have followed in his wake. It argues that Heidegger's initial analysis of the onto-theological condition was mistaken by its presumption of a radical divide between philosophy and theology. Furthermore, many of the key thinkers who have followed after Heidegger have merely reinscribed this supposed divide between thought and faith, rather than genuinely questioning the terms Heidegger thought self-evident. The result, even among some of the most radical and influential contemporary thinkers such as Emmanuel Levinas, John Caputo, and Jean-Luc Marion, has been a contemporary philosophy deprived of questions of faith and a theology unaccountable to its place in the world. In response to this shortcoming of contemporary philosophical and theological thought, Jacques Derrida has approached the problem of ontotheology from the dual perspective of both thought and faith, and thereby, has provided a new path of thought beyond the problem of ontotheology and towards a renewed appreciation for the possibilities for a genuine philosophical theology.     

走向多元对话的中国哲学--第十二届国际中国哲学会侧记

两年一度的国际中国哲学会——第12届国际中 国哲学会,于2001年7月20—24日,在中国 北京顺利召开。这是北京继1993年主办第八届国际中国哲学会之后,第二次主办这一国际性 的中国哲学会议。出席此次会议的专家、学者约有300余位,他们分别来自祖国大陆、台湾 、香港、澳门地区和美国、英国、德国、瑞典、加拿大、澳大利亚、日本、韩国等13个国家 ,是历届出席会议人数最多的一次。与会学者向大会提交的论文有250篇,有204位学者分别 在全体大会和分场会议上发言。本次会议共有4次全体大会,8次分组会议,共五十多个分会 场;分会场最多的…     

Beyond Dialogue: The Role of Science Within Theology

Abstract : The purpose of this article is to provide background overview and contemporary context for the theme of this issue of Dialog, the role of science within theology. Over the last fifty years, this role has primarily involved dialogue and the drive to mutual understanding. That discussion has now reached a new stage seeking to move beyond dialogue toward what some are referring to as hypothetical consonance. One of the most serious constructive proposals moving beyond dialogue is Creative Mutual Interaction (CMI), proposed by Robert John Russell. The first five ways he discusses in CMI specifically address the role of science in theological reflection. It is argued that these five ways will assist the reader in contextualing the discussion found in the articles in this issue. Elaboration of each way is given, concluding with a constructive theological example of the heuristic use of scientific concepts found in quantum field theory.     

Philosophy for Children and the Reconstruction of Philosophy

In this paper I trace the dialogical and narrative dimensions of the philosophical tradition and explore how they are reconfigured in the notion of community of philosophical inquiry (CPI), the mainstay of the collection of novels and discussion plans known as Philosophy for Children. After considering the ontology and epistemology of dialogue, I argue that narrative has replaced exposition in our understanding of philosophical discourse and that CPI represents a narrative context in which truth comes to represent the best story, in a discursive location in which there are always multiple stories. Finally, I raise the issue of children's philosophical voice. Can children philosophize, and if they can, do they do so in a voice different from adults'? If so, what are the distinctive features of that voice? I assert that it is children's historical marginalization in the Western construction of rationality that now – as that rationality undergoes its crisis – makes of them, like women and other “natives,” privileged strangers to the tradition, who are, through CPI, enabled to enter it through dialogue and narrative.