{"product_id":"europe-or-the-infinite-task-9780804760614","title":"Europe or the Infinite Task","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat exactly does Europe mean for philosophy today? Putting aside both Eurocentrism and anti-Eurocentrism, Gasché returns to the old name Europe to examine it as a concept or idea in the work of four philosophers from the phenomenological tradition: Husserl, Heidegger, Patocka, and Derrida. Beginning with Husserl, the idea of Europe became central to such issues as rationality, universality, openness to the other, and responsibility. \u003ci\u003eEurope, or The Infinite Task\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the changes these issues have undergone in phenomenology in order to investigate Europe''s continuing potential for critical and enlightened resistance in a world that is progressively becoming dominated by the mono-perspectivism of global market economics. Rather than giving up on the idea of Europe as an anachronism, Gasché aims to show that it still has philosophical legs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEurope, or the Infinite Task\u003c\/i\u003e represents a much needed contribution to contemporary debates in political theory. Avoiding easy ways out or simplistic stances towards complex conceptual problems, Gasché faces the challenge of thinking about universality today with all its subtleties and perplexities. His book is not only an inspiring example of patient textual analysis and scholarly rigor, but also an invitation for the reader to face philosophical thinking in all its complexity—perhaps a practical exercise of the 'infinite task' Gasché wishes that we consider.\"—Javier Burdman, \u003ci\u003eTheory \u0026amp; Event\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gasché is among the top continental philosophers working in the United States, and this sophisticated and stimulating book is perhaps his crowning achievement so far.\"—Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis\u003cbr\u003e\"In our ironic, post-philosophical epoch, it seems anachronistic and even foolish to write such an exhaustive philosophical treatise—in effect, four books in 412 pages. Despite this, Gasché offers an admirably unified argument thanks to his constant focus on 'question Europe'.\"—\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Acknowledgments\tiii  Abbreviations\tiii  Introduction\tiii  @toc1:Part I: Edmund Husserl  @toc2:1\tInfinite Tasks\t000  2\tUniversality and Spatial Form\t000  3\tUniversality in the Making\t000  @toc1:Part II: Martin Heidegger  @toc2:4\tSingular Essence\t000  5\tThe Strangeness of Beginnings\t000  6\tThe Originary World of Tragedy\t000  @toc1:Part III: Jan Patoka  @toc2:7\tCare of the Soul\t000  8\tThe Genealogy of Europe-Responsibility\t000  @toc1:Part IV: Jacques Derrida  @toc2:9\tEuropean Memories\t000  10\tThis Little Thing that is Europe\t000  11\tDe-Closing the Horizon\t000  Epilogue\t000  @toc4:Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405578182999,"sku":"9780804760614","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804760614.jpg?v=1730492895","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/europe-or-the-infinite-task-9780804760614","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}