Futurity in Phenomenology - (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) by Neal Deroo (Hardcover)

About the Book

From Husserl's account of protention to the recent turn to eschatology in "theological" phenomenology, the future has always been a key aspect of phenomenological theories of time. This book offers the first sustained reflection on the significance of futurity for the phenomenological method itself. In tracing the development of this theme, the author shows that only a proper understanding of the two-fold nature of the future (as constitution and as openness) can clarify the way in which phenomenology brings the subject and the world together. Futurity therefore points us to the centrality of the promise for phenomenology, recasting phenomenology as a promissory discipline.

Clearly written and carefully argued, this book provides fresh insight into the phenomenological provenance of the "theological" turn and the phenomenological conclusions of Husserl, Levinas and Derrida. Closely examining the themes of protention, eschatology, and the messianic, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in phenomenology, philosophy of religion, deconstruction, or philosophical theology.

Book Synopsis

From Husserl's account of protention to the recent turn to eschatology in "theological" phenomenology, the future has always been a key aspect of phenomenological theories of time. This book offers the first sustained reflection on the significance of futurity for the phenomenological method itself. In tracing the development of this theme, the author shows that only a proper understanding of the two-fold nature of the future (as constitution and as openness) can clarify the way in which phenomenology brings the subject and the world together. Futurity therefore points us to the centrality of the promise for phenomenology, recasting phenomenology as a promissory discipline.

Clearly written and carefully argued, this book provides fresh insight into the phenomenological provenance of the "theological" turn and the phenomenological conclusions of Husserl, Levinas, and Derrida. Closely examining the themes of protention, eschatology, and the messianic, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in phenomenology, philosophy of religion, deconstruction, or philosophical theology.

Review Quotes

"An important contribution to the literature, this volume sees the future of phenomenology as bright indeed. . . Recommended." -Choice

"DeRoo offers sophistical phenomenological analyses of different relations to the future in expecting, anticipating, waiting, promising, etc., that are of philosophical importance in their own right and add to Husserl's, Levina's, and Derrida's own phenomenological labours." -Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"There is a lot to like in Neal DeRoo's Futurity in Phenomenology. In it, he canvases his three titular authors' treatments of time (especially the future), and his scholarship on all three is impressive. He shows himself familiar with their most decisive texts on this subject, as well as with much of the relevant secondary literature. His treatment of Husserl is especially noteworthy. DeRoo's treatment of this subject...equals, if not surpasses, especially in its scope and detail, all othersin English that bring Husserl's work on time together with French "post-Husserlians," suchas Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida."-Husserl Studies

About the Author

Neal DeRoo is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dordt College. He is the co-editor of
several works in phenomenology and the philosophy of religion, including Phenomenology and
Eschatology: Not Yet in the Now and Cross and Khora: Deconstruction and Christianity in the Work
of John D. Caputo.