The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity

by Llewelyn, John

• ISBN13: 9780253005793
• ISBN10: 0253005795
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-12
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

Focusing on the idea of universal sufferage, John Llewelyn accepts the challenge of Derrida's later thought to renew his focus on the ethical, political, and religious dimensions of what makes us uniquely human. Llewelyn builds this concern on issues of representation, language, meaning, and logic with reflections on the phenomenological figures who informed Derrida's concept of deconstruction. By entering into dialogue with these philosophical traditions, Llewelyn demonstrates the range and depth of his own original thinking. The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity is a rich and passionate, playful and perceptive work of philosophical analysis.

Author Biography

John Llewelyn, former Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, is author of several books, including Appositions of Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas (IUP, 2002), Seeing Through God (IUP, 2004), and Margins of Religion (IUP, 2009).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Phenomenology of Language
Ideologies	p. 9
Worldviews	p. 28
The Experience of Language	p. 49
Phenomenology as Rigorous Science	p. 76
Pure Grammar	p. 94
Meanings and Translations	p. 114
Re-introduction	p. 138
Table Talk
Approaches to Quasi-theology via Appresentation	p. 145
Who Is My Neighbor?	p. 166
Who or What or Whot	p. 184
Ecosophy, Sophophily and Philotheria	p. 199
Barbarism, Humanism, and Democratic Ecology	p. 222
Where to Cut: Boucherie and Delikatessen	p. 240
Passover	p. 265
The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity	p. 281
Notes	p. 295
Index	p. 321
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