Linguistic Hospitality-The Risk of Translation

Abstract This essay examines the recent critical debate on the hermeneutics of hospitality. It explores the philosophical and ethical implications of Paul Ricoeur's notion of linguistic hospitality as a translation between host and guest, enemy and friend, and compares it to Derrida's noti...

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Published in:Research in phenomenology 2019-03, Vol.49 (1), p.1-8
Main Author: Kearney, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Abstract This essay examines the recent critical debate on the hermeneutics of hospitality. It explores the philosophical and ethical implications of Paul Ricoeur's notion of linguistic hospitality as a translation between host and guest, enemy and friend, and compares it to Derrida's notion of impossible hospitality.
ISSN:0085-5553
1569-1640
0085-5553
DOI:10.1163/15691640-12341407