Yusef Shaghul; Seyyed Rahman Mortezavi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Winter and Spring 2011, , Pages 97-117
Abstract
According to Derrida, violence and xenophobia existing in the western politics have their roots in metaphysical thought. The western metaphysical tradition, from Plato to Husserl, is the main and primary source of political xenophobia. Having influenced all fields of the western man's thought and practices, ...
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According to Derrida, violence and xenophobia existing in the western politics have their roots in metaphysical thought. The western metaphysical tradition, from Plato to Husserl, is the main and primary source of political xenophobia. Having influenced all fields of the western man's thought and practices, this thought has closed the way to all tolerating and xenophile ideas and practices. Criticizing instances of such a xenophobia, Derrida tries to create a different politics. The present article is, firstly, a research in the nature of Derrida's critique, and then, it discusses the way this critique relates to deconstructive politics.
