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Winner of the R. H. Gapper Book Prize 2011. Judith Still sets Derrida's work in a series of contexts including the socio-political history of France, especially in relation to Algeria, and his relationship to other writers, most importantly Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Emmanuel Levinas - key thinkers of hospitality. Still also follows the thread of sexual difference in Derrida's writing in order to shed light on his exploration of the complex and delicate, strange yet familiar, political and ethical dilemmas of how to be those impossible things, a good host and a good guest.Hospitality is critically important in Derrida's writings, and his insights in this have been influential across a range of disciplines from geography, politics and sociology to literary studies and philosophy. It functions as a way of both thinking about relations between individuals, and analysing the community or state's often inhospitable reception of outsiders, such as refugees or migrants.

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Judith Still is Chair of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham
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"Still has written a learned, scholarly work on feminism and hospitality, read
as readers of Derrida tend to read: with care, attention to detail, and openness
to a wide range of thinkers, concentrating on but absolutely not limited to,
Derrida."--Maebh Long, The University of the South Pacific, Derrida Today


"Still succeeds admirably, in my view, in exploring the traditional model of hospitality with reference to the Odyssey and the Old Testament (chapter 2); and in response to that, the implications of a maternal model of hospitality, first for friendship, which is traditionally viewed as existing only between men (chapter 3); then for naming as an issue of hospitality in the colonial context (chapter 4); thereafter for the welcoming to Europe of migrants with their Gods (chapter 5); and last, for our relation to non-human animals (chapter 6). In each instance, Still convincingly shows the link with hospitality, which may not be immediately obvious to the reader. There are many gems in this book."--Jacques de Ville, University of the Western Cape, Oxford Literary Review


"An important, intelligent book on the context of Derrida's thinking about hospitality ... This indispensable volume enhances understanding of the French cultural and political context of Derrida's thinking. Summing Up: Highly Recommended."--N. Lukacher, University of Illinois at Chicago, Choice


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  • PublisherEdinburgh University Press
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 0748640274
  • ISBN 13 9780748640270
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages304
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