| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 178 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Suny series in contemporary continental philosophy
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SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In this book, Kas Saghafi argues that the notion of "the end the world" in Derrida's late work is not a theological or cosmological matter, but a meditation on mourning and the death of the other. He examines this and several other tightly knit motifs in Derrida's work: mourning, survival, the phantasm, the event, and most significantly, the term salut , which in French means at once greeting and salvation. An underlying concern of The World after the End of the World is whether a discourse on salut (saving, being saved, and salvation) can be dissociated from discourse on religion. Saghafi compares Derrida's thought along these lines with similar concerns of Jean-Luc Nancy's. Combining analysis of these themes with reflections on personal loss, this book maintains that, for Derrida, salutation, greeting, and welcoming is resistant to the economy of salvation. This resistance calls for what Derrida refers to as a "spectro-poetics" devoted to and assigned to the other's singularity"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Derrida, Jacques.
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Derrida, Jacques. |
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Nancy, Jean-Luc.
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Nancy, Jean-Luc. |
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Salvation.
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Salvation. |
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Loss (Psychology)
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Loss (Psychology) |
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Death.
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Death. |
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Other (Philosophy)
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Other (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saghafi, Kas. The world after the end of the world Albany : State University of New York Press, 2020. 9781438478210 (DLC) 2019049042 |
| ISBN |
9781438478227 electronic book |
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1438478224 electronic book |
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9781438478210 hardcover |
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