The world after the end of the world : a spectro-poetics / Kas Saghafi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saghafi, Kas, author.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.

SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Salvation.

Loss (Psychology).

Death.

Other (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 178 pages).

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In this book, Kas Saghafi argues that the notion of "the end the world" in Derrida's late work is not a theological or cosmological matter, but a meditation on mourning and the death of the other. He examines this and several other tightly knit motifs in Derrida's work: mourning, survival, the phantasm, the event, and most significantly, the term salut , which in French means at once greeting and salvation. An underlying concern of The World after the End of the World is whether a discourse on salut (saving, being saved, and salvation) can be dissociated from discourse on religion. Saghafi compares Derrida's thought along these lines with similar concerns of Jean-Luc Nancy's. Combining analysis of these themes with reflections on personal loss, this book maintains that, for Derrida, salutation, greeting, and welcoming is resistant to the economy of salvation. This resistance calls for what Derrida refers to as a "spectro-poetics" devoted to and assigned to the other's singularity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Prologue

The End of the World

The World after the End of the World

Intact

Safe, Intact

Death

Derrida Is the Death of Death

Resurrection

Nancy’s Resurrection

Survivance

The Desire for Survival?

For a Time

Dying Alive

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438478227

1438478224