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Thomas . Ed(S): Claviez - The Conditions of Hospitality. Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics on the Threshold of the Possible.  - 9780823251476 - V9780823251476
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The Conditions of Hospitality. Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics on the Threshold of the Possible.

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Description for The Conditions of Hospitality. Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics on the Threshold of the Possible. Hardback. A collection of essays devoted to the concept of hospitality from different disciplinary perspectives such as philosophy, politics, anthropology, aesthetics, ethics, and translation studies. Editor(s): Claviez, Thomas. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Hospitality is a multifaceted 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 wide 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.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823251476
SKU
V9780823251476
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About Thomas . Ed(S): Claviez
Thomas Claviez is Professor of Literary Theory at the University of Bern. He is the author of Grenzfälle: Mythos— Ideologie— American Studies (1998) and Aesthetics and Ethics: Otherness and Moral Imagination from Aristotle to Levinas and from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to “House Made of Dawn” (2008). He has published essays on pragmatism, ecology, American studies, American literature, ethics and aesthetics, and Native American literature.

Reviews for The Conditions of Hospitality. Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics on the Threshold of the Possible.
"The book proves to be valuable to researchers, students and teachers in the field of Hospitality Studies and is a substantial contribution to our understanding of the extent to which 'conditions' of hospitality emerged as a new academic field in the twenty-first century."
-Arleen Ionescu Word and Text "A timely constellation of trenchant statements on one of the most ancient and most sacred human conventions. In an increasingly inhospitable world, this is an opportune and eloquent volume on hospitality as institution, as political act, and as ethical practice. An invaluable touchstone for interdisciplinary study of the subject."
-Djelal Kadir Pennsylvania State University "This volume does something new with hospitality, reanimating and redeploying it in ethical, political, and aesthetic directions. Its effect is prismatic: It brings together and then reflects, refracts, and redistributes hospitality across the intellectual spectrum of philosophy, political theory, and cultural studies."
-William Robert Syracuse University "Globalization has brought us instant forms of communication and diverse networks of connectivity. But has it made us better neighbours to each other? Have we evolved new ethical and political forms of hospitality to accompany the crossing of borders, the subduing of national and regional sovereignties, as we take our first, faltering steps towards an international civil society? These essays raise questions fundamental to our political condition. But they do more than that. They make a compelling case for an aesthetic and ethical enhancement of our sense of political rights and responsibilities."
-Homi K. Bhabha Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University

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