The Other's Decision in Me
What are the Politics of Friendship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2398550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Critchley (UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, UK/CIP, PARIS, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 259-279 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/136843198001002010 |
| OpenAlex | W2115120751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
In this article, I attempt to explore the relation between two sets of terms in Derrida's work: friendship and democracy, and ethics and politics. On the basis of a reading of Derrida's interpretation of Blanchot in The Politics of Friendship, I argue that Blanchot's notion of a non-traditional conception of friendship is a reconstruction of Levinas's notion of the ethical relation to the other, which in turn provides the basis for the formalistic ethical affirmation of Derrida's work, an affirmation found most clearly in his remarks on justice. I then move from the The Politics of Friendship to Derrida's more recent text on Levinas, Adieu, and try to explore the relation between ethics and politics in Derrida's work, with particular reference to the question of democracy. My concluding thesis is that Derrida's recent work is attempting to articulate, through notions such as democracy to come and the new international, what I call 'a repoliticization of Marxism
Democracy · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Friendship · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |