What is uneigentlich is that which has not made itself its own. In Heidegger's own early work of the period of Being and Time - a characteristic or property of that literary property of his, as it were - eigen also occurs significantly in the key distinction between authenticity and inauthenticity, which in German are Eigentlichkeit and Uneigentlichkeit, respectively. In the same semantic direction, eigen appears as well in Eigenschaft, meaning property or characteristic, as in, "It is a property of this substance to induce sleep when ingested." A property is precisely something proper to that which has or displays it it is that thing's own.
The root of Ereignis is eigen, which means own in the sense at issue in the expressions my own, your own, etc., as in "my own father," "your own country," or "our own home". He builds upon a double etymology that he offers for the German word. In his later thought Heidegger uses the German term Ereignis, the ordinary English translation which would be event, in a special sense. The discussion has often taken the form of questioning whether 9/11 was an Event, in the sense that Heidegger first gave that term. Most significantly for the present paper, the notion of Event has often taken center stage in the discussion by and among such scholars as the above about 9/11 itself. In this paper, Žižek's use of that notion will be my main focus, or at least inspiration. It has played a crucial role especially in the thought and work of Alain Badiou of France, but it has also been unavoidable, under that term or another, for other French thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Jean Baudrillard, as well as for Gianni Vattimo in Italy, and Slavoj Žižek in Slovenia, to name some of the most prominent. The Event: Did 9/11 Ever Really Happen?Įver since Heidegger, the notion of Event has been central to much philosophical discussion influenced by 20 th century continental European philosophy. Finally, I will attempt to remove the sense of absurdity that, at first hearing (and beyond), surrounds the thesis that 9/11 never happened, President Bush wouldn't let it (Part III). Then I will consider the relationship between an Event, time, and possibility (Part II). I will begin with an examination of the notion of an Event, as distinguished from mere events (Part I). In this paper I will try to explicate that sense, using resources from contemporary continental European philosophy, especially some reflections from Slavoj Žižek.
Yet there is a very important sense, I believe, in which it is not even rhetorical hyperbole, but is literally true. "9/11 never happened, President Bush wouldn't let it."
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