Jacques Derrida's Ghost

Jacques Derrida's GhostA spirited reading of Derrida's view of ethics as transcendental and performative. In Jacques Derrida's Ghost, David Appelbaum explores three of Derrida's favorite themes: the other, death, and the work of mourning. He shows how Derrida's unique philosophy, mindful of ghosts, proposes a respectful attitude toward otherness whether the "other" be corporeal or indeed phantom. Taking up Derrida's concern with performative ethics, Appelbaum examines the

This cosmology begins from "living" (sheng生) itself as the motive force behind change and gives us a world of boundless "becomings": not "things" that are but "events" that are happening

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and political value of nonviolence in fostering democracy

It offers a fresh perspective on the idea that ‘sex killed God’

one of the leading voices in the study of mystical experiences

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While reflecting upon the Arab Spring

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supported by Einstein and many of the founders of quantum theory