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Philosophy

Antonio Calcagno

2004

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Jacques Derrida And Alain Badiou: Is There A Relation Between Politics And Time?, Antonio Calcagno Oct 2004

Jacques Derrida And Alain Badiou: Is There A Relation Between Politics And Time?, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

This paper argues that though Derrida is correct to bring to the fore the undecidability that is contained in his political notion of the democracy to come, his account does not extend the aporia of undecidable politics far enough. Derrida himself makes evident this gap. Though politics may be structured with undecidability, there are times when direct, decisive and definitive political interventions are required. In his campaign against capital punishment, the blitzing campaigns in Bosnia and Iraq, and in his call for les villes-refuges, Derrida makes decisive appeals which somehow seem to contradict the undecidability he sees as arch-structuring. Alain …


The Incarnation, Michel Henry, And The Possibility Of An Husserlian-Inspired Transcendental Life, Antonio Calcagno Jun 2004

The Incarnation, Michel Henry, And The Possibility Of An Husserlian-Inspired Transcendental Life, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

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