The objective of this work is to approach the text “From restricted to the general economy: A Heg... more The objective of this work is to approach the text “From restricted to the general economy: A Hegelianism without reserve” in order to consider the concept of economy that appears therein, linking it to certain early texts of Derrida such as “Violence and Metaphysics” and “Differance”, and expose, as from there, its implications when thinking the political in Derrida's philosophy. To do this, we will start with Bataille’s questioning of the Hegelian dialectic, considered by Derrida in the above mentioned text, which allows us to address the issue of the “meaning” in an alternative way. Derrida finds in Bataille a non-teleological thinking, in which it is not postulated neither a foundation nor a telos that determines apriori the meaning; therefore, what remains is a play of forces in constant tension that allows escaping to the metaphysical system of oppositions but nevertheless it is not mysticism. The Bataillean general economy, which unfolds within the borders of the possible...
The objective of this work is to approach the text “From restricted to the general economy: A Heg... more The objective of this work is to approach the text “From restricted to the general economy: A Hegelianism without reserve” in order to consider the concept of economy that appears therein, linking it to certain early texts of Derrida such as “Violence and Metaphysics” and “Differance”, and expose, as from there, its implications when thinking the political in Derrida's philosophy. To do this, we will start with Bataille’s questioning of the Hegelian dialectic, considered by Derrida in the above mentioned text, which allows us to address the issue of the “meaning” in an alternative way. Derrida finds in Bataille a non-teleological thinking, in which it is not postulated neither a foundation nor a telos that determines apriori the meaning; therefore, what remains is a play of forces in constant tension that allows escaping to the metaphysical system of oppositions but nevertheless it is not mysticism. The Bataillean general economy, which unfolds within the borders of the possible...
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