Difference and Subjectivity: Dialogue and Personal Identity 9780300241969

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. . . . . . DIFFERENCE

AND

SUBJECTIVITY

Difference and Subjectivity Dialogue and Personal Identity

FRANCIS

JACQUES

Translated by Andrew Rothwell

Yale University Press NEW

HAVEN

AND

LONDON

Originally puhlished as Dijférence et Subjectivité: Anthropologie d'un point de vue relationnel by Editions Aubier Montaigne, Paris, © 1982. English translation copyright © 1991 by Yale University. Ali rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the puhlic press), without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Barbara Werden. Set in Bauer Bodoni type by G&S Typesetters, lnc., Austin, Texas. Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press, Binghamton, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jacques, Francis. . [Différence et suhjectivité. English] Difference and suhjectivity : dialogue and personal identity / Francis Jacques ; translated by Andrew Rothwell. p. cm. Translation of: Différence et suhjectivité. lncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-04830-0 (alk. paper) 1. Philosophical anthropology. 2. Individual differences. 3. Suhjectivity. 4. Interpersonal communication, 5. Interpersonal relations. l. Title. B1>450.J2'413 1991 126-dc20 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10987654321

CONTENTS

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Note on the English Translation Preface to the English Edition Preface to the First Edition

xI xix

lntroduction A Communicational Approach to the Person Chapter

1

Num Quid et Tu?

Chapter

2

Man without Qualities

15

56

Chapter 3

Primum Relationis

115

Chapter 4

The Grand Illusion

162

Chapter 5

The Heart of the Subject

Chapter 6

Difference and Differentiation Conclusion Notes

337

Bibliography lndex

312

367

355

187

249

ON

NOTE

ENGLISH

THE TRANSLATION

principie adopted in this translation has been to remain as close to the French text as possible without sacrificing readability in English. In particular, every attempt has been made to respect the wide stylistic range of the original. In rendering certain technical terms, the expedient of creating clearly comprehensible cognate neologisms is almost always preferred to that of lengthy and less satisfactory paraphrase. Quotations from secondary works in English are given in the original language, those from other languages are taken from the standard English translation, where one was available (see Bibliography). When no such source could be found, and in a few cases in which it