Peruzzotti, Francesca2018-09-242018-09-242017Ethics in Progress (ISSN 2084-9257). Vol. 8 (2017). No. 1, Art. #4, pp. 61-74. Doi: 10.14746/eip.2017.1.42084-9257http://hdl.handle.net/10593/23874This paper aims to draw a connection between Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion in regard to the role of negative theology. This scrutiny shows meaningful contributions of the Authors to a new definition of subjectivity in a post-metaphysical age, and their consideration about which possibilities are still open for a non-predetermined history given outside of the presence domain. The future is neither a totalisation of history by its end, nor a simple continuation of the present. It is an eschatological event, where the relationship with the other plays a crucial role for the self-constitution. Such an interlacement is generated by the confession, where the link between past and future is not causally determined, but instead it is self-witness, as in Augustine’s masterpiece, essential reference for both the Authorsitainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessJacques DerridaJean-Luc Marion(Auto)BiographyConfessionEschatologyHistoryNegative TheologyPrayerArtykułhttps://doi.org/10.14746/eip.2017.1.4