GARCIA-DUTTMANN ALEXANDER

(P/B) BETWEEN CULTURES: TENSIONS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION

(P/B) THE MEMORY OF THOUGHT

(P/B) THE GIFT OF LANGUAGE
The Gift of Language starts with the assumption that proper names are not just conventional linguistic marks. They rather mark the singularity of language within language. Each time a proper name appears, language becomes other than a system of arbitrary signs. How are we to conceive of a name if it entails an experience of the singularity of language? This is a question raised by Adorno, Benjamin, Heidegger, and Rosenzweig. Their thoughts revolve around the language, forming a constellation that can be read as a configuration of the name....
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