An idea current in continental philosophy, inspired by the confrontation of Heidegger with Hegel and Nietzsche, the subsequent confrontation of Adorno and Derrida with Heidegger, and reading the latter confrontations as reworkings of the first two, is a concept called 'Unlimited Responsibility".
As a scholar in this area I'm familiar with many of the ideas original put forward under other rubrics, but the title of this thematic investigation grabbed me as being particularly relevant within the study of TPE/IE. Because total power exchange, for me, implies unlimited responsibility, not as an abstract idea, but as a real, binding challenge to people involved in TPE/IE. Over the next while I am going to try to keep this thematic in view as I look at aspects of TPE/IE and its interactions.
I'll finish this introduction today with a little quote about Heidegger's difficulty for people willing to accept the challenge.
"Unlimited
responsibility is both a theme that pervades the space of intersection in which
Heidegger and his best readers meet, and also the challenge that Heidegger
offers us in reading him. Heidegger is one of 'the few and the rare' who set a standard
by which even those who disagree with him may be judged." - David Wood, Thinking After Heidegger.
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