Abstract
This essay investigates how Derrida's deconstruction of the oppositions between, on the one hand, war and peace as discussed by Levinas, and, on the other, Carl Schmitt's conception of the political in terms of the friend/enemy distinction, helps us to understand the present unstable relationship between war and human rights.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 151-164 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Mosaic |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Derrida
- war
- human rights
- Levinas
- deconstruction