Deconstruction and the Problem of Sovereignty

Derrida Today 10 (1):1-20 (2017)
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This paper surveys Derrida’s discussions of political sovereignty in order to highlight his preference for a cosmopolitan world order and show how the deconstruction of sovereignty cannot proceed on the model of his earlier analyses of concepts such as justice, hospitality, forgiveness and democracy.

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