The Other/Real – Two Paradigms of French Thought during 1955–2005

Article

Abstract

[In English]

This article abstracts and represents two French paradigms of
the second half of the 20th century: the paradigm of the Other and
the paradigm of the real. The leading names of these paradigms
are, on the one hand, Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida,
and, on the other hand, Jacques Lacan and Alain Badiou. Even if
these paradigms are close to each other, there are some important
differences between them, implicated by the concepts of Other
and real. There are no innocent concepts and, thus, these analyzed
differences determine, for example, the political and religious
positions of these paradigms. In order to be worthy of its
name, thinking should pay attention to these often implicit differences
and positions.