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On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness (Hardcover, Enlarged)
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On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness (Hardcover, Enlarged)
Series: Thinking in Action
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In this book, Jacques Derrida confronts two pressing problems: the explosive tensions between refugee and asylum rights and the ethic of the hospitality; and the dilemma of reconciliation and amnesy where the bloody traumas of history demand forgiveness. Throughout the book, Derrida makes use of compelling examples to argue that true forgiveness consists in forgiving the unforgivable. These include the emotive issue of 'open cities' where migrants may seek sanctuary from persecution and exile, the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in South Africa, and ethnic strife in France and Algeria. Derrida asks whether, in the face of these problems, cosmopolitanism and forgiveness are still possible. The book includes a short preface by Simon Critchley and Richard Kearney, introducing the arguments of the two essays that make up this book.
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