A travers trois lectures sur le thème de l'Algérie, la présente thèse interroge la relation à la langue française d'un Juif-Français né en Algérie en 1930, Jacques Derrida, d'un autre penseur pied-noir, Albert Camus (1913–1960), et du poète algérien, Kateb Yacine (1929–1989). Ce…
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My dissertation analyzes the processes of subject formation through the civilizing missions of nationalism and secularism in India, and toward that end, provides a secular critique of the resurgence of Hindu nationalism, which seeks to unify the nation in the name of “one nation…
My doctoral thesis examines what absence is and how it works in a performance. I study the paradox of representation, whereby absence is never absent and presence is not present. I have named this using the oxymoron present absence. I use Jacques Derrida's philosophy and survey …
This thesis seeks to interpret the cinematic representations of Hong Kongers’ identity quest during a transitional state/stage related to the sovereignty transfer. The Handover transition considered is an ideological one, rather than the overnight polity change on the Handover d…
Studies of deconstruction frequently focus on concepts that figure prominently in Derrida's texts; examples are "economy," "differance," and "writing." In addition, Derrida's identity as a Jew, his references to Judaism and the influence Judaism may have had on his work have occ…
Psalm 88’s unmitigated cry of anguish, despair, and abandonment has presented a unique theological problem for commentators. From a form critical perspective, the psalm’s most distinctive feature is the absence of a closing vow of praise or certainty of hearing that is a definin…