Winner of the R. H. Gapper Book Prize 2011. Judith Still sets Derrida's work in a series of contexts including the socio-political history of France, especially in relation to Algeria, and his relationship to other writers, most importantly Helene Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Emmanuel Levinas - key thinkers of hospitality. Still also follows the thread of sexual difference in Derrida's writing in order to shed light on his exploration of the complex and delicate, strange yet familiar, political and ethical dilemmas of how to be those impossible things, a good host and a good guest.Hospitality is critically important in Derrida's writings, and his insights in this have been influential across a range of disciplines from geography, politics and sociology to literary studies and philosophy. It functions as a way of both thinking about relations between individuals, and analysing the community or state's often inhospitable reception of outsiders, such as refugees or migrants.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN-10
0748669639
ISBN-13
9780748669639
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138713190
Product Key Features
Author
Professor of French and Critical Theory Judith Still
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
522g
Height
231mm
Width
155mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Spine
23mm
Author Biography
Judith Still Is Chair of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham