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dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida

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Philosophy in a time of terror

dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida

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"The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and came to realization just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, in separate interviews, in New York City. Habermas and Derrida, guided by Borradori, evaluate the significance of the most destructive terrorist attack ever perpetrated. The book marks an unprecedented encounter between two of the most influential thinkers of our age: here for the first time Habermas and Derrida overcome their historical antagonism and agree to appear side by side." "In her introduction, Borradori contends that philosophy has an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of terrorism. Just as the traumas produced by colonialism, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust wrote the history of the twentieth century, the history of the twenty-first century is already signed by global terrorism. Each dialogue here, accompanied by a critical essay, recognizes the magnitude of this upcoming challenge. Characteristically, Habermas's dialogue is dense, compact, and elegantly traditional. Derrida's, on the other hand, takes the reader on a long, winding, and unpredictable road. Yet unexpected agreements emerge between them: both have a deep suspicion of the concept of "terrorism" and both see the need for a transition from classical international law, premised on the model of nation-states, to a new cosmopolitan order based on continental alliances." "As Derrida and Habermas disassemble and reassemble what we think we know about terrorism, they break from the familiar social and political rhetoric increasingly polarized between good and evil. In this process, we watch two of the greatest philosophical minds at work."--Jacket.

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208

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Philosophy in a time of terror: dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
2003, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Philosophy in a Time of Terror
Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
June 15, 2003, University Of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Philosophy in a time of terror
Philosophy in a time of terror: dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
2003, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Philosophy in a time of terror
Philosophy in a time of terror: dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
2003, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Philosophy in a time of terror
Philosophy in a time of terror: dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
2003, University of Chicago Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Preface.
Preface. -- Acknowledgements. Introduction.
Preface. -- Acknowledgements. Introduction. -- Habermas, -- Derrida
Preface. -- Acknowledgements. Introduction. -- Habermas, -- Derrida
Preface. -- Acknowledgements. Introduction. -- Habermas, -- Derrida -- Habermas
Preface. -- Acknowledgements. Introduction. -- Habermas, -- Derrida -- Habermas
Preface.-- Acknowledgements. Introduction.-- Habermas,-- Derrida-- Habermas-- Derrida.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chicago
Genre
Interviews.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.6/25
Library of Congress
HV6432.7 .H32 2003, HV6432.7.H32 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 208 p. ;
Number of pages
208

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18807272M
Internet Archive
philosophytimete00borr
ISBN 10
0226066649, 0226066657
LCCN
2002043559
OCLC/WorldCat
51093263
Library Thing
223849
Goodreads
732498

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