Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida

University of Chicago Press. Edited by Jacques Derrida & Giovanna Borradori (2003)
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Abstract

The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the attacks on 9/11 and was realized just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida in New York City, in separate interviews, to evaluate the significance of the most destructive terrorist act ever perpetrated. This book marks an unprecedented encounter between two of the most influential thinkers of our age as here, for the first time, Habermas and Derrida overcome their mutual antagonism and agree to appear side by side. As the two philosophers disassemble and reassemble what we think we know about terrorism, they break from the familiar social and political rhetoric increasingly polarized between good and evil. In this process, we watch two of the greatest intellects of the century at work.

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Jürgen Habermas
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Between Hope and Terror.Martin Beck Matuštík - 2004 - Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 9 (1):1-18.

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