Always already

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Always-already is a

phenomena by the mind
of an observer. The features of a phenomenon that seem to precede any perception of it are said to be "always already" present.

Development

"Always already" literally translates the German phrase immer schon that appears prominently in several

human experience of existence, has no beginning apart from the world in which one exists, but is produced in it and by it.[1]

Heidegger's influence allowed French and subsequent English thinkers to accept the phrase's literal translation. In the Marxist tradition, Louis Althusser observed that "individuals are always-already subjects" within an ideological structure before they perceive themselves as such—indeed, even before birth.[2] During the late 20th century the term spread into various areas of philosophical discourse that include literary theory, hermeneutics and deconstruction.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dreyfus, Hubert L. and Mark A. Wrathal (2008) A Companion to Heidegger, p. 389
  2. ^ Althusser, Louis (1970) "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses"
  • Tore Langholz, Das Problem des »immer schon« in Derridas Schriftphilosophie, Vienna 2016: Passagen.