The Conditions of Hospitality by Thomas Claviez - 9780823251476

The Conditions of HospitalityEthics, Politics, and Aesthetics on the Threshold of the Possible\nAuthor(s): Thomas Claviez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823251476, 978-0823251476\nSynopsis\nHospitality is a multifaceted concept that has been received by, and worked into, various academic realms and disciplines, such as philosophy, politics, anthropology, aesthetics, ethics, and translation studies. The essays collected in this volume, by a wide range of international contributors, examine how, in the wake of the work of Levinas and the late Derrida, this concept has entered into and transformed the thinking of these disciplines.