Thomas Froy, “Rereading Notions of ‘Reciprocity’ and ‘Hospitality’ in the Work of Martin Buber and Jacques Derrida,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 78, no. 4 (2022): 1351–66, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2022_78_4_1351.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Froy |
| Abstract | This text aims to initiate a dialogue between the works of Martin Buber and Jacques Derrida with regard to the notion of ‘reciprocity’. It is my contention that a reexamination of Buber’s notion of relation will reveal a reflection, devoid of any notions of ‘symmetry’, which strongly indicates a point of continuity with Derrida’s late thinking on hospitality. The following text, therefore, aims to provoke a reexamination of Buber’s thinking on the home, at the centre of which stands the notion entirely opposed to ‘symmetry’: namely, ‘reciprocity’. The hypothesis of this text, then, is that when it comes to thinking of dwelling, Buber and Derrida share a ‘relational’ way of thinking, which foregrounds the relation between – in Buber’s case – the relations between man and God, man and man, and man and the Land, and – in Derrida’s case – between guest and host; in addition, I will attempt to show that Derrida’s work on hospitality – in particular, his introduction of a notion of ‘identity’ – produces a necessary contribution, or response, to Buber’s notion of ‘dwelling as reciprocity’. I will conclude by reflecting upon the reciprocity of this dialogue between the work of Martin Buber and Jacques Derrida. |
| Date | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Rights | © 2022 by Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 78 |
| Pages | 1351-1366 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2022_78_4_1351 |
| Issue | 4 |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 ; 2183-461X |
| Date Added | 1/31/2023, 5:41:11 PM |
| Modified | 1/31/2023, 7:31:14 PM |
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