Off the Record: Levinas, Derrida and the Secret of Responsibility

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 41-59

  Boothroyd, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deconstruction; Derrida; ethics; event; Levinas; subjectivity; technoculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855737265     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276411423037     Document Type: Article

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