Deconstructive Constitutionalism | Derrida Reading Kant

Jacques De Ville

ISBN 10: 1438491727 / ISBN 13: 9781438491721

Published by SUNY Press, 2023

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Deconstructive Constitutionalism | Derrida Reading Kant | Jacques De Ville | Taschenbuch | SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy | Englisch | 2023 | SUNY Press | EAN 9781438491721 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deconstructive Constitutionalism | Derrida Reading Kant
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438491727
• ISBN 13: 9781438491721
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 13D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 365 grams
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Synopsis

Investigates, by way of Derrida's engagements with Kant, how the foundations of modern constitutionalism can be differently conceived to address some of the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Deconstructive Constitutionalism explores the relationship between the thinking of Immanuel Kant and Jacques Derrida concerning modern constitutionalism. Kant is widely recognized as one of the philosophical forebears of modern constitutionalism; that is, the notion that state powers should be defined and limited through a constitution. Kant laid the foundation of constitutionalism through his exposition of freedom, practical reason, and moral law. However, constitutionalism is under severe strain due to the challenges posed by inter alia climate change, global health, global conflict, authoritarianism, authoritarian populism, religious fundamentalism, migration, and inequality. Deconstructive Constitutionalism investigates, by way of Derrida's engagements with Kant, how the foundations of constitutionalism can be conceived differently to address some of these twenty-first-century challenges. The book examines the possible implications of such a re-reading of Kant for democracy, the human-animal relation, criminal law and punishment, as well as for a global constitutional order.

About the Author

Jacques de Ville is Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. His many books include Jacques Derrida: Law as Absolute Hospitality and Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida.