The conditions of hospitality : ethics, politics, and aesthetics on the threshold of the possible / edited by Thomas Claviez.

Hospitality is a multi-faceted concept that has been received by, and worked into, various academic realms and disciplines, such as philosophy, politics, anthropology, aesthetics, ethics, and translation studies. The essays collected in this volume, by a range of international contributors, examine...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Other Authors: Claviez, Thomas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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Summary:Hospitality is a multi-faceted concept that has been received by, and worked into, various academic realms and disciplines, such as philosophy, politics, anthropology, aesthetics, ethics, and translation studies. The essays collected in this volume, by a range of international contributors, examine how, in the wake of the work of Levinas and the late Derrida, this concept has entered into and transformed the thinking of these disciplines.
Item Description:Proceedings of a conference held in Sept. 2008 in Stavanger, Norway.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 213 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-209)
ISBN:9780823251490
0823251497