Derrida From Now On

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Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations of Works by Jacques Derrida xv Introduction: Bénédictions—‘‘traces in the history of the French language’’ 1 1 Alors, qui êtes-vous?: Jacques Derrida and the Question of Hospitality 18 2 Analogy and Anagram: Deconstruction as Deconstruction of the as 37 3 Derrida’s Laı̈cité 62 4 A Last Call for ‘‘Europe’’ 81 5 Derrida’s America 96 6 Derrida at the Wheel 112 7 ‘‘One Nation . . . Indivisible’’: Of Autoimmunity, Democracy, and the Nation-State 122 8 Autonomy, Autoimmunity, and the Stretch Limo: From Derrida’s Rogue State to DeLillo’s Cosmopolis 147 9 History’s Remains: Of Memory, Mourning, and the Event(s) of 9/11 167 ix 10 Comme si, comme ça: Following Derrida on the Phantasms of the Self, the State, and a Sovereign God 187 11 Lifelines 213 Conclusion: The World Over 227 Notes 235 Index 259 x Contents ...