The Derrida - Habermas Reader

Lasse Thomassen

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2006

The Derrida - Habermas Reader

Lasse Thomassen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474473132

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About this book

The first book to consider the debate between two of the most prominent philosophers and social theorists of the 20th century: Jacques Derrida and Jürgen Habermas

This book presents a unique collection of articles by the two figures and by those who have written about them, and includes pieces published in English for the first time.

The book will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in the implications of Derrida's deconstruction and Habermas's critical theory for issues such as international relations, Europe, tolerance, rights, multiculturalism and identity politics, and the nature of philosophy.

Including an introduction to the differences and affinities between Derrida's and Habermas's works, introductions to each text, suggestions for further reading, and a bibliography, this book is the ideal starting point for students and scholars wishing to understand the relationship between these two great thinkers.

Key Features:

Unique - the first Reader to consider the Habermas-Derrida debate
Features pieces by Habermas and Derrida published in English for the first time
Includes primary and secondary texts
Provides introductions to the debate and to each text, and suggestions for further reading

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
INTRODUCTION: BETWEEN DECONSTRUCTION AND RATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION Lasse Thomassen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
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1 LEVELING THE GENRE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Jürgen Habermas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 IS THERE A PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE? Jacques Derrida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3 HABERMAS, DERRIDA AND THE FUNCTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY Richard Rorty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
PART II ETHICS AND POLITICS
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4 AN ALLEGORY OF MODERNITY/POSTMODERNITY: HABERMAS AND DERRIDA Richard J. Bernstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5 FRANKFURT IMPROMPTU – REMARKS ON DERRIDA AND HABERMAS Simon Critchley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6 PERFORMATIVE POWERLESSNESS – A RESPONSE TO SIMON CRITCHLEY Jacques Derrida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ETHICAL QUESTION Jürgen Habermas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8 DEMOCRACY AND DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE METAPOLITICS OF LYOTARD AND DERRIDA Seyla Benhabib Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
PART III IDENTITY/DIFFERENCE: RIGHTS, TOLERANCE AND POLITICAL SPACE
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9 DEAD RIGHTS, LIVE FUTURES: ON HABERMAS’S ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY Bonnie Honig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
10‘A BIZARRE, EVEN OPAQUE PRACTICE’: HABERMAS ON CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRAC Lasse Thomassen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
11 RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE – THE PACEMAKER FOR CULTURAL RIGHTS Jürgen Habermas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
12 HOSTIPITALITY Jacques Derrida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
13 BETWEEN DELIBERATION AND DECONSTRUCTION: THE CONDITION OF POST-NATIONAL DEMOCRACY Martin Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
PART IV BEYOND THE NATION-STATE: EUROPE, COSMOPOLITANISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
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14 FOR A JUSTICE TO COME: AN INTERVIEW WITH JACQUES DERRIDA Jacques Derrida and Lieven De Cauter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
15 FEBRUARY 15, OR WHAT BINDS EUROPEANS TOGETHER: A PLEA FOR A COMMON FOREIGN POLICY, BEGINNING IN THE CORE OF EUROPE Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
16 BETWEEN HOPE AND TERROR: HABERMAS AND DERRIDA PLEAD FOR THE IM/POSSIBLE Martin Beck Matuštík Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
AFTERWORDS
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
17 HONESTY OF THOUGHT Jacques Derrida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
18 A LAST FAREWELL: DERRIDA’S ENLIGHTENING IMPACT Jürgen Habermas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: March 14, 2022
ISBN: 9781474473132