
The Politics of Friendship
Jacques Derrida(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 13. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78873-859-0 (ISBN)
Description
Jacques Derrida was one of most influential philosophers of the 20th century. In The Politics of Friendship he explores the idea of friendship and its political consequences, past and future in order to explore invention of a radically new friendship, of a deeper and more inclusive democracy.
Reviews / Votes
As Jacques Derrida shows in The Politics of Friendship, many great meditations on friendship-by Cicero, by Montaigne, by Bataille, by Blanchot-are also meditations on mourning ... For Derrida, death lays bare the essential separateness of the friend not only in death but also in life. -- Merve Emre * New Yorker *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78873-859-0 (9781788738590)
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Jacques Derrida
The Politics of Friendship
Book
01/2006
Verso Books
€33.61
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Persons
Jacques Derrida was Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. English translations of his work include Given Time, Memories of the Blind, Specters of Marx, The Politics of Friendship, and The Gift of Death.