Derrida's Philosophy of Hospitalit
In “The Reluctant Fundamentalis
b
Mohsin Ham
, Hospitality
• The concept of hospitality – which by definition refers to
‘the reception or entertainment of guests or strangers with liberality an
goodwill’
has become of increasing relevance to the contemporary global scene.
• Jacques Derrida, in his book Of Hospitality (2000), offers a particularly
illuminating insight on the treatment of the ‘outsider’ by the state or commu
• He cites hospitality as an ethical problem by distinguishing between a ‘law
unconditional hospitality’ and the conditional ‘laws of hospitality’ – the la
as transgressions of the former.
In “The Reluctant Fundamentalis
b
Mohsin Ham
, Hospitality
• The concept of hospitality – which by definition refers to
‘the reception or entertainment of guests or strangers with liberality an
goodwill’
has become of increasing relevance to the contemporary global scene.
• Jacques Derrida, in his book Of Hospitality (2000), offers a particularly
illuminating insight on the treatment of the ‘outsider’ by the state or commu
• He cites hospitality as an ethical problem by distinguishing between a ‘law
unconditional hospitality’ and the conditional ‘laws of hospitality’ – the la
as transgressions of the former.
