The Force of the Modern Constitution: Derrida's The Beast & the Sovereign II.

This essay explores the implications of Derrida's The Beast & the Sovereign II for the modern constitution. In his reading of Heidegger's texts, Derrida points to the frequent invocation of the word Walten , which seems to point to a force, power, or violence at stake in beings as a whole, their inn...

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Publicado en:Research in Phenomenology Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 189 - 211
Autor principal: de Ville, Jacques
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2025
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