Julie Candler Hayes’s Unconditional Translation: Derrida’s Enlightenment-to-Come focuses on the role of lumieres (enlightenment) in Derrida’s “metapolitical” thought. The a-venir (to-come) quality of Derrida’s democracy is, in his later work, extended to his concept of Enlightenment. The aporetic structure (or stricture) [...]
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J.C. Hayes: Unconditional Translation: Derrida’s Enlightenment-to-Come
Posted in Benjamin, Kant, Marx, Specters of Marx, aporia, time, tagged a-venir, democracy-to-come, enlightenment, Rogues, Specters of Marx, translation on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
F@#k the police … ?
Posted in Benjamin, Force of Law, police on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We started an interesting discussion over the last half of class on 19 September regarding the function of the police in Derrida’s reading of Benjamin. So, a quick note on what Benjamin and Derrida say about the police, then a comment of my own.
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