Roger M Christofides
Biographic Data
| ID | 4883984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger M Christofides |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger M |
| FAMILY NAME | Christofides |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTOFIDES R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Action to the Word, the Word to the Action
The writings of Stanley Cavell and Jacques Derrida share many points of intersection. One of these is their mutual interest in Shakespeare's Hamlet; another is their (very different) assessments of J.L. Austin's philosophy, and his concept of performativity. In this paper, we demonstrate that Cavell's and Derrida's respective essays on Hamlet offer a surprising insight into their views on Austin's notion of performativity. Since Hamlet abounds wi…
The Politics of Cypriot Greek in Postcolonial Cyprus
As renewed talks for the reunification of Cyprus encounter familiar barriers, this essay urges the reader to consider the importance of language use in the Greek Cypriot community. Drawing on Jacques Derrida's work on speech and writing, it examines the political significance of Demotic Greek and the Cypriot Greek spoken every day, arguing that the conflicts of Greek Cypriot identity since decolonization are played out by the tension between the …
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The Politics of Cypriot Greek in Postcolonial Cyprus
As renewed talks for the reunification of Cyprus encounter familiar barriers, this essay urges the reader to consider the importance of language use in the Greek Cypriot community. Drawing on Jacques Derrida's work on speech and writing, it examines the political significance of Demotic Greek and the Cypriot Greek spoken every day, arguing that the conflicts of Greek Cypriot identity since decolonization are played out by the tension between the …
The Action to the Word, the Word to the Action
The writings of Stanley Cavell and Jacques Derrida share many points of intersection. One of these is their mutual interest in Shakespeare's Hamlet; another is their (very different) assessments of J.L. Austin's philosophy, and his concept of performativity. In this paper, we demonstrate that Cavell's and Derrida's respective essays on Hamlet offer a surprising insight into their views on Austin's notion of performativity. Since Hamlet abounds wi…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Ancient Greek (1 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies (1 works)