The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking

Acknowledgments Introduction

1. Heidegger and the Other Commencement

Heidegger's Greek Connection anaximander parmenides heraclitus

Heidegger and the Poets poetry and thinking poetry and language hölderlin, the foreign, and translation

Heidegger and the "East" early heidegger and comparative philosophy later heidegger and comparative philosophy Concluding Heidegger

2. Derrida: Otherness, Context, and Openness

Deconstructing the Ideas Behind Metaphysics misreading derrida beyond heidegger?

Language, Text, and Translation in Derrida

Derrida in Comparative Philosophy identity and openness derrida's hints at different cultures "the other is already there, irreducibly."

Concluding Derrida

3. Rereading Daoism; The Other Way

Metaphysical Readings of Daoist Philosophy The Metaphysical Tradition and Comparison

The Possibility of Difference interpretations of classical chinese language

Inconstancy of Dao ¿: No Transcendence Necessary inside & outside: the gateway (men ¿)

Concluding Daoism

4. Thinking, Philosophy, and Language: Comparing Heidegger, Derrida, and Classical Daoism

Metaphysics, Difference, and Comparisons difference and comparison metaphysics and comparison

Thinking and Philosophy

Heidegger and Daoism derrida and daoism

Language in Comparison "Beyond" The Inversion of Opposites Ethical and Political Implications Concluding the Comparison Conclusion

Notes Bibliography Index