The Politics of Friendship
Published on 13. October 2020
320 pages
978-1-83976-305-2 (ISBN)
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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.
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Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
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978-1-83976-305-2 (9781839763052)
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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.
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Oligarchies: Naming, Enumerating, Counting
- 2. Loving in Friendship: Perhaps - the Noun and the Adverb
- 3. This Mad 'Truth': The Just Name of Friendship
- 4. The Phantom Friend Returning (in the Name of 'Democracy')
- 5. On Absolute Hostility: The Cause of Philosophy and the Spectre of the Political
- 6. Oath, Conjuration, Fraternization or the 'Armed' Question
- 7. He Who Accompanies Me
- 8. Recoils
- 9. 'In human language, fraternity.'
- 10. 'For the First Time in the History of Humanity'
- Notes
