In this Book
- The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity: Toward a Wider Suffrage
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Studies in Continental Thought

Focusing on the idea of universal suffrage, John Llewelyn accepts the challenge of Derrida's later thought to renew his focus on the ethical, political, and religious dimensions of what makes us uniquely human. Llewelyn builds this concern on issues of representation, language, meaning, and logic with reflections on the phenomenological figures who informed Derrida's concept of deconstruction. By entering into dialogue with these philosophical traditions, Llewelyn demonstrates the range and depth of his own original thinking. The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity is a rich and passionate, playful and perceptive work of philosophical analysis.
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Part One: Phenomenology of Language
- One: Ideologies
- pp. 9-27
- Two: Worldviews
- pp. 28-48
- Three: The Experience of Language
- pp. 49-75
- Five: Pure Grammar
- pp. 94-113
- Six: Meanings and Translations
- pp. 114-137
- Re-introduction
- pp. 138-142
- Part Two: Table Talk
- Eight: Who Is My Neighbor?
- pp. 166-183
- Nine: Who or What or Whot
- pp. 184-198
- Ten: Ecosophy, Sophophily, and Philotheria
- pp. 199-221
- Thirteen: Passover
- pp. 265-280
- Fourteen: The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity
- pp. 281-294
- About the Author
- p. 329