Language by Birth and Nationality by Death
Rethinking Nationalism With Heidegger and Derrida
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3774909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Portal (0000-0003-1991-3742) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Angelaki (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0969725x.2024.2322261 |
| OpenAlex | W4396733944 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Most countries provide some form of nationality or citizenship either by birthright or inheritance. This paper accepts Jacques Derrida's invitation to imagine nationality or citizenship otherwise, this time by death and burial: you are from where you die or are buried. I read Derrida's invitation alongside his four studies of Martin Heidegger's use of "Geschlecht" to argue that we ought to reconsider the relationship between the nation and (its) philosophy. I show that Derrida's proposed "law of the eclipse" provides us new resources to rethink nationalism today
Archaeology · Immigration · Linguistics · Nationality · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |