The question of foundation in Heidegger and its importance to the post-structuralist political theory

Authors

  • Daniel de Mendonça Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul- UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2020.v43n4.07.p117

Keywords:

political theory, post-structuralism, foundation, political difference

Abstract

The article aims at discussing the philosophical and theoretical implications that Martin Heidegger's ontological reflection have exercised over post-structuralism, mainly that one received by political theory. To accomplish this objective, firstly, we present the notions of post-structuralism and post-foundationalism. After that, we carry out an exegetic exercise regarding Heidegger's notion of ground, by establishing the distinction between their epistemological and ontological effects. Then, we critically analyse the Heideggerian foundational reading elaborated by Marchart. In the last section, considering the radical Heideggerian foundation, we propose our approach on the political difference, having Heidegger's ontological difference as ground. This reading might be simplified in the following terms: there is no ground in Being, but being is grounded on itself. 

Author Biography

  • Daniel de Mendonça, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul- UFRGS

    Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Docente no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel). Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq – Nível 2

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Recebido: 04/5/2019 - Aceito: 29/05/2020

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2020-11-20 — Updated on 2022-07-17

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The question of foundation in Heidegger and its importance to the post-structuralist political theory. (2022). Trans/Form/Ação, 43(4), 117-146. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2020.v43n4.07.p117