Focuses his discussion of Derrida's final seminars on questions such as death, language, and animality
"Jacques Derrida’s final seminars were devoted to animal life and political sovereignty—the connection being that animals slavishly adhere to the law while kings and gods tower above it and that this relationship reveals much about humanity in the West. David Farrell Krell offer…
Jacques Derrida's final seminars were devoted to animal life and political sovereignty - the connection being that animals slavishly adhere to the law while kings and gods tower above it, and that this relationship reveals much about humanity in the West. Here, the author offers…
Analyzing the tradition of natural law, the doctrine of social contract, and the sources of moral and political obligation, this study shows how assumptions help us to understand that there is no liberty without political authority
It is unusual to connect Thomas Hobbes's political philosophy with liberal thought. This study argues that liberal philosophy is indeed indebted to Hobbes: as a modern thinker he was the first to deduce political rights and obligations from self-interest. While we may say today …
