Différantial Atopologies, Mathematical and Ethico-Political
Light, Space, and Alterity in Derrida
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4810265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arkady Plotnitsky (0000-0001-6462-2181, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 443-455 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770701396288 |
| OpenAlex | W2077474540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Taking as its point of departure the question of light vis-à-vis the question of being in Derrida's work, this article discusses Derrida's radical conceptions of khoral (a)spatiality and alterity, by linking his first book on Edmund Husserl's “The Origin of Geometry” and his early critique of Emmanuel Levinas to his exploration of the ethico-political problematics, in part, again, via Levinas, in his latest works. The article also considers Derrida's reading of Kafka in “Before the Law,” decisive for his analysis of the problematics in question and for our understanding of the relationships between “geometry and democracy.” These relationships, the article argues, are an essential concern of much of Derrida's work and of our culture, from the pre-Socratics on
Alterity · Democracy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |