In Short: Derrida vs Kant on Imagination
| Theme | Kant | Derrida |
|---|---|---|
| Function | Synthetic, mediating, transcendental | Excessive, disruptive, supplementary |
| Role | Conditions of possibility of experience | Conditions of impossibility of full presence |
| Relation to presence | Subordinate to presence and concept | Displaces presence, introduces absence |
| Sublime | Reaffirms moral reason | Shows irreducible rupture |
| Memory & Archive | Mostly internal (transcendental) | External, technicized, haunted |
| Stability | Structured by schemata | Fractured by trace and différance |
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