Description
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.
Influential exploration of the idea of friendship and its political consequences
About the Author
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.
Reviews
As Jacques Derrida shows in The Politics of Friendship, many great meditations on friendship-by Cicero, by Montaigne, by Bataille, by Blanchot-are also meditations on mourning ... For Derrida, death lays bare the essential separateness of the friend not only in death but also in life. -- Merve Emre * New Yorker *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788738590
Author Jacques Derrida
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm
Influential exploration of the idea of friendship and its political consequences
About the Author
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.
Reviews
As Jacques Derrida shows in The Politics of Friendship, many great meditations on friendship-by Cicero, by Montaigne, by Bataille, by Blanchot-are also meditations on mourning ... For Derrida, death lays bare the essential separateness of the friend not only in death but also in life. -- Merve Emre * New Yorker *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788738590
Author Jacques Derrida
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm
