Of Hospitality (Cultural Memory in the Present)

I was absolutely happy to have this book. I am going to speech at the Delphi Symposium end of August and the title for this even is Xenia or stranger. So thank you so much for making me aware of this book, It is a little pearl

If you're looking for nihilism, denials of metaphysics, or other such silliness, this book has none of them. If you're looking for insightful close-readings of some Platonic dialogues and their ethical implications, this book does that quite well.Derrida's two essays deal with the foreigner in Plato, and he does quite a nice job of articulating the tensions inherent in hospitality--the home into which the stranger enters is my home, but I have to yield place to the stranger while remaining solidly the proprietor of the home. That tension extends to national identities, theological questions, and all sorts of other fun stuff by the end of the book.I still have not read the commentary in the facing columns of the book, so read some other reviews if you'd like to know about them.

True analysis for all times to understand diversities among people. In age of Trumpism is especial paper.

I thought this would be the cloth-covered hardback as shown in the photo of the book. I am disappointed.

An informative and important philosophical view on hospitality for any scholar.