On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:01:08 -0500 Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> However, I think that it is interesting to note that the MacDaddy of
deconstruction, Heidegger, was steeped in theology and in fact had
originally studied Thomism; he was to be the shining star of Catholic
Germany. Damn, they must have been disappointed later on when he called for
the abolition of the Church. Anyway, I think it's pretty obvious that
_Being and Time_ is to a very large extent a secularized form of Protestant
theology. In that sense I guess that one could consider deconstruction to
have had an origin in Christian thought/polemic, albeit in a very roundabout
way (Luther-->Kierkegaard-->Heidegger-->Derrida [with lots of Nietzsche
tossed into the mix as well, of course]).
Really, Protestant? I always pegged it as more Catholic... for some reason I associate Heidegger more with the spirit of Aquinas (ontology and all that) than I do with Luther... but I guess I don't know Heidegger all that well, you're probably right.
ken