Deconstructive Constitutionalism: Derrida Reading Kant (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Ville, Jacques de

ISBN 10: 1438491719 / ISBN 13: 9781438491714

Editore: State University of New York Press, 2023

2023. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781438491714

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Deconstructive Constitutionalism explores the relationship between the thinking of Immanuel Kant and Jacques Derrida concerning modern constitutionalism. Kant is widely recognized as one of the philosophical forebears of modern constitutionalism; that is, the notion that state powers should be defined and limited through a constitution. Kant laid the foundation of constitutionalism through his exposition of freedom, practical reason, and moral law. However, constitutionalism is under severe strain due to the challenges posed by inter alia climate change, global health, global conflict, authoritarianism, authoritarian populism, religious fundamentalism, migration, and inequality. Deconstructive Constitutionalism investigates, by way of Derrida's engagements with Kant, how the foundations of constitutionalism can be conceived differently to address some of these twenty-first-century challenges. The book examines the possible implications of such a re-reading of Kant for democracy, the human-animal relation, criminal law and punishment, as well as for a global constitutional order.

Informazioni sull'autore: Jacques De Ville is Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. His many books include Jacques Derrida: Law as Absolute Hospitality and Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida.

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Titolo: Deconstructive Constitutionalism: Derrida ...
Casa editrice: State University of New York Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Rilegato
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