Exemplarity and Chosenness

"Exemplarity and Chosenness is a combined study of the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-1004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) that explores the question: How may we account for the possibility of philosophy, of universalism in thinking, without denying that all thinking is also idiomatic and particular? The book traces Derrida's interest in this topic, particularly emphasizing his work on "philosophical nationality" and his insight that philosophy is challenged in a special way by its particular "national" instantiations and that, conversely, discourses invoking a nationality comprise a philosophical ambition, a claim to being "exemplary.""--BOOK JACKET

1886-1929 · Deconstruction · Jewish studies · Movements - Deconstruction · Philosophy of mind · Students & Student Life · Western philosophy · Child development · Derrida, Jacques · Education · Education (Elementary) · Filosofie · franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) · from c 1900 · History & Surveys · Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) · Jodendom · Mexican american children · Mexicans · modern · Movements · Particularisme · Philosophy · Rosenzweig, Franz · Social conditions · united states · Universalisme