Borradori, Giovanna

The American philosopher : conversations with Quine, Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, MacIntyre, and Kuhn by Giovanna Borradori ( Book )
16 editions published between 1991 and 1999 in 4 languages and held by 1,011 libraries worldwide
In this lively look at current debates in American philosophy, leading philosophers talk candidly about the changing character of their discipline. In the spirit of Emerson's The American Scholar, this book explores the identity of the American philosopher. Through informal conversations, the participants discuss the rise of post-analytic philosophy in America and its relations to European thought and to the American pragmatist tradition. They comment on their own intellectual development as well as each others' work, charting the course of American philosophy over the past few decades. Giovan.

Philosophy in a time of terror : dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida by Jürgen Habermas ( Book )
12 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 786 libraries worldwide
"The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and came to realization just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, in separate interviews, in New York City. Habermas and Derrida, guided by Borradori, evaluate the significance of the most destructive terrorist attack ever perpetrated. The book marks an unprecedented encounter between two of the most influential thinkers of our age: here for the first time Habermas and Derrida overcome their historical antagonism and agree to appear side by side." "In her introduction, Borradori contends that philosophy has an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of terrorism. Just as the traumas produced by colonialism, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust wrote the history of the twentieth century, the history of the twenty-first century is already signed by global terrorism. Each dialogue here, accompanied by a critical essay, recognizes the magnitude of this upcoming challenge. Characteristically, Habermas's dialogue is dense, compact, and elegantly traditional. Derrida's, on the other hand, takes the reader on a long, winding, and unpredictable road. Yet unexpected agreements emerge between them: both have a deep suspicion of the concept of "terrorism" and both see the need for a transition from classical international law, premised on the model of nation-states, to a new cosmopolitan order based on continental alliances." "As Derrida and Habermas disassemble and reassemble what we think we know about terrorism, they break from the familiar social and political rhetoric increasingly polarized between good and evil. In this process, we watch two of the greatest philosophical minds at work."--BOOK JACKET.

Islam and the West : a conversation with Jacques Derrida by Jacques Derrida ( Book )
5 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 431 libraries worldwide
"In the spring of 2003, Jacques Derrida sat down for a public debate in Paris with Algerian intellectual Mustapha Cherif. The eminent philosopher arrived at the event directly from the hospital where he had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the illness that would take his life just over a year later. That he still participated in the exchange testifies to the magnitude of the subject at hand: the increasingly distressed relationship between Islam and the West, and the questions of freedom, justice, and democracy that surround it." "As Cherif relates in this account of their dialogue, the topic of Islam held special resonance for Derrida - perhaps it is to be expected that near the end of his life his thoughts would return to Algeria, the country where he was born in 1930. Indeed, these roots served as the impetus for their conversation, which first centers on the ways in which Derrida's Algerian-Jewish identity has shaped his thinking. From there, the two men move to broader questions of secularism and democracy; to politics and religion and how the former manipulates the latter; and to the parallels between xenophobia in the West and fanaticism among Islamists." "Ultimately, the discussion is an attempt to tear down the notion that Islam and the West are two civilizations locked in a bitter struggle for supremacy and to reconsider them as the two shores of the Mediterranean - two halves of the same geographical, religious, and cultural sphere. Islam and the West is a crucial opportunity to further our understanding of Derrida's views on the key political and religious divisions of our time an often moving testament to the power of friendship and solidarity to surmount them."--BOOK JACKET.

Recoding metaphysics : the new Italian philosophy ( Book )
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 272 libraries worldwide

Le "concept" du 11 septembre dialogues à New York (octobre-décembre 2001) avec Giovanna Borradori ( Book )
1 edition published in 2005 in French and held by 56 libraries worldwide

Philosophie in Zeiten des Terrors : zwei Gespräche by Giovanna Borradori ( Book )
7 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 45 libraries worldwide

Übersetzung im recht = Translation in law ( Book )
1 edition published in 2000 in Multiple languages and held by 37 libraries worldwide

Philosophy in a time of terror : dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida by Giovanna Borradori ( Book )
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide

Philosophy in a time of terror : dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida ( Book )
12 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 23 libraries worldwide

Filosofia del terrore : dialoghi con Jürgen Habermas e Jacques Derrida by Giovanna Borradori ( Book )
4 editions published in 2003 in Italian and held by 19 libraries worldwide