Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas by Jacques Derrida (English) Paperback Book

Description: Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas by Jacques Derrida This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. In this book, Derrida extends his work on Levinas in previously unexplored directions via a radical rereading of "Totality and Infinity" and the lesser-known Talmudic writings. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. For both thinkers, the word "adieu" names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say "adieu" at the moment of meeting) and that given at the moment of separation, sometimes forever, as at the moment of death, it is also the "a-dieu," for God or to God before and in any relation to the other.In this book, Derrida extends his work on Levinas in previously unexplored directions via a radical rereading of "Totality and Infinity" and other texts, including the lesser-known talmudic readings. He argues that Levinas, especially in "Totality and Infinity, " bequeaths to us an "immense treatise of hospitality," a meditation on the welcome offered to the other. The conjunction of an ethics of pure prescription with the idea of an infinite and absolute hospitality confronts us with the most pressing political, juridical, and institutional concerns of our time. What, then, is an ethics and what is a politics of hospitality? And what, if it ever "is, " would be a hospitality surpassing any ethics and any politics we know?As always, Derrida raises these questions in the most explicit of terms, moving back and forth between philosophical argument and the political discussion of immigration laws, peace, the state of Israel, xenophobia—reminding us with every move that thinking is not a matter of neutralizing abstraction, but a gesture of hospitality for what happens and still may happen. Flap This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinass funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinass death. For both thinkers, the word adieu names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say adieu at the moment of meeting) and that given at the moment of separation, sometimes forever, as at the moment of death, it is also the a-dieu, for God or to God before and in any relation to the other. In this book, Derrida extends his work on Levinas in previously unexplored directions via a radical rereading of Totality and Infinity and other texts, including the lesser-known talmudic readings. He argues that Levinas, especially in Totality and Infinity, bequeaths to us an "immense treatise of hospitality," a meditation on the welcome offered to the other. The conjunction of an ethics of pure prescription with the idea of an infinite and absolute hospitality confronts us with the most pressing political, juridical, and institutional concerns of our time. What, then, is an ethics and what is a politics of hospitality? And what, if it ever is, would be a hospitality surpassing any ethics and any politics we know? As always, Derrida raises these questions in the most explicit of terms, moving back and forth between philosophical argument and the political discussion of immigration laws, peace, the state of Israel, xenophobia-reminding us with every move that thinking is not a matter of neutralizing abstraction, but a gesture of hospitality for what happens and still may happen. Author Biography Jacques Derrida is Directeur detudes at the ecole des Hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris; Bernard Stiegler is Director of the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, Paris. Table of Contents 1. Adieu 2. A word of welcome Notes. Long Description This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinass funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinass death. For both thinkers, the word adieu names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say adieu at the moment of meeting) and that given at the moment of separation, sometimes forever, as at the moment of death, it is also the a-dieu , for God or to God before and in any relation to the other. In this book, Derrida extends his work on Levinas in previously unexplored directions via a radical rereading of Totality and Infinity and other texts, including the lesser-known talmudic readings. He argues that Levinas, especially in Totality and Infinity, bequeaths to us an "immense treatise of hospitality," a meditation on the welcome offered to the other. The conjunction of an ethics of pure prescription with the idea of an infinite and absolute hospitality confronts us with the most pressing political, juridical, and institutional concerns of our time. What, then, is an ethics and what is a politics of hospitality? And what, if it ever is, would be a hospitality surpassing any ethics and any politics we know? As always, Derrida raises these questions in the most explicit of terms, moving back and forth between philosophical argument and the political discussion of immigration laws, peace, the state of Israel, xenophobia--reminding us with every move that thinking is not a matter of neutralizing abstraction, but a gesture of hospitality for what happens and still may happen. Details ISBN0804732752 Author Jacques Derrida Pages 152 Publisher Stanford University Press Series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics (Paperback) Language English Translator Michael Naas ISBN-10 0804732752 ISBN-13 9780804732758 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 194 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-07-31 Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Translated from French Birth 1930 Death 2004 Edition 1st Short Title ADIEU TO EMMANUEL LEVINAS Residence FR Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780804732758 UK Release Date 1999-07-01 AU Release Date 1999-07-01 NZ Release Date 1999-07-01 US Release Date 1999-07-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159612129;

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