On the Threshold of Living Together: Deconstructive Inventions of the ‘at Large’ of the World



• On the Threshold of Living Together: Deconstructive Inventions of the “at large” of the World

  Item Type	Journal Article
  Author	Mina Karavanta
  Abstract	This paper explores deconstruction at large as a way of inheriting Jacques Derrida’s work in addressing contemporary issues of racism and reductive ontologies. Derrida’s critique of globalisation and neoliberal politics highlights the potential for living together free from the negative limits of “reasoned cohabitation” and “the community or otherwise of the world.” The paper focuses on three aspects: 1) imagining a world beyond the globalisation-driven horizon, 2) an anti-racist and anti-colonial understanding of being, emphasizing non-hierarchical relations between different singularities, and 3) dismantling ontocolonial politics by creating new concepts and frameworks for living together. The paper also addresses the challenges of imagining coexistence with those excluded from the right to live well, questioning how such a task can be pursued beyond the nation-state as part of a community of the world that resists communitarian and nationalist imaginaries and politics.
  Date	2025
  Language	English
  Rights	© 2025 by Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural
  Volume	81
  Pages	321-342
  Publication	Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  DOI	10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0321
  Issue	1-2
  Journal Abbr	RPF
  ISSN	0870-5283 ; 2183-461X
  Date Added	5/2/2025, 4:39:48 PM
  Modified	5/2/2025, 5:01:07 PM

  Tags:

  • anti-racism, deconstruction, Derrida, living together, nationalism, Otranto-Latent community, Paul Celan

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