{"product_id":"threshold-phenomena-derrida-and-the-question-of-hospitality-paperback","title":"Threshold Phenomena: Derrida and the Question of Hospitality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThreshold Phenomena \u003c\/i\u003ereexamines Jacques Derrida's thinking of hospitality, from his well-known writings of the 1990s to his recently-published seminars on the same topic. The book follows Derrida's rereading of several central figures and texts on hospitality (Sophocles' \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e, Kant's \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, Levinas's \u003ci\u003eTotality and Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e) and his attempt to rethink questions surrounding not only private but also public hospitality in the form of immigration law, the contemporary treatment of migrants or stateless peoples, and the establishment of cities of asylum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaas develops many of the central themes of Derrida's seminar-the relationship between hospitality and teletechnology (telephone, internet, cyberspace, etc.), the role of fatherlands and mother tongues in hospitality, questions of purity, immunity, and xenophobia, and the possibility of extending hospitality beyond the human-to animals, plants, gods, and clones. Reframing Derrida's approach to ethics, Naas reconsiders the relationship between hospitality and deconstruction, concluding that hospitality is not merely a theme to be treated by deconstruction but one of the best ways of describing its work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaas's book turns around a figure that Derrida himself returns to several times throughout the seminar: the \u003ci\u003ethreshold\u003c\/i\u003e-a figure of hospitality par excellence, but also, in his seminars, another name for what Derrida in the 1960s began calling \u003ci\u003ediff?rance\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThreshold Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e concludes that Derrida's seminar on hospitality is one of the best introductions we have to Derrida's work in general and one of the surest signs of its continuing relevance, a seminar that is at once fascinating and engaging in its own right and necessary for analyzing today's increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic political climate.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Naas's book accompanies and enlightens Derrida's seminar with a particularly hospitable form of commentary whose relaxed ease is a real achievement.\"--\u003cb\u003ePenelope Deutscher\u003c\/b\u003e, Northwestern University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the fullest treatment of Derridean hospitality to date and the only one that builds upon the recently published versions of his Hospitality seminar. It is also a pedagogical tour de force, enabling engagements on different levels: with Derrida as a teacher and humorist, as a public intellectual, and as a champion of the undocumented.\"--\u003cb\u003eDiane Rubenstein\u003c\/b\u003e, Cornell University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThreshold Phenomena \u003c\/i\u003ereexamines Jacques Derrida's thinking of hospitality, from his well-known writings of the 1990s to his recently-published seminars on the same topic. The book follows Derrida's rereading of several central figures and texts on hospitality (Sophocles' \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e, Kant's \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, Levinas's \u003ci\u003eTotality and Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e) and his attempt to rethink questions surrounding not only private but also public hospitality in the form of immigration law, the contemporary treatment of migrants or stateless peoples, and the establishment of cities of asylum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaas develops many of the central themes of Derrida's seminar--the relationship between hospitality and teletechnology (telephone, internet, cyberspace, etc.), the role of fatherlands and mother tongues in hospitality, questions of purity, immunity, and xenophobia, and the possibility of extending hospitality beyond the human--to animals, plants, gods, and clones. Reframing Derrida's approach to ethics, Naas reconsiders the relationship between hospitality and deconstruction, concluding that hospitality is not merely a theme to be treated by deconstruction but one of the best ways of describing its work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaas's book turns around a figure that Derrida himself returns to several times throughout the seminar: the \u003ci\u003ethreshold\u003c\/i\u003e--a figure of hospitality par excellence, but also, in his seminars, another name for what Derrida in the 1960s began calling \u003ci\u003edifférance\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThreshold Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e concludes that Derrida's seminar on hospitality is one of the best introductions we have to Derrida's work in general and one of the surest signs of its continuing relevance, a seminar that is at once fascinating and engaging in its own right and necessary for analyzing today's increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic political climate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eClass Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eApocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eDon DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica, and Other Literary Contraband\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003ePlato and the Invention of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World and Other Teachable Moments: Jacques Derrida's Final Seminar\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eMiracle and Machine: Jacques Derrida and the Two Sources of Religion, Science, and the Media \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), \u003ci\u003eDerrida From Now On\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eTaking on the Tradition: Jacques Derrida and the Legacies of Deconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and \u003ci\u003eTurning: From Persuasion to Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). He is co-translator of a number of books by Jacques Derrida, including \u003ci\u003eLife Death \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), and is a member of the Derrida Seminars Editorial Team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751891271968,"sku":"9781531507114","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7b267cbff0e4663a197e8889517eb7d8_56b2e6f3-d943-406e-8320-b2aa7a11e776.webp?v=1779982804","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/threshold-phenomena-derrida-and-the-question-of-hospitality-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}