1. Research Library

        On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness (Thinking in Action)

        Jacques Derrida

        Routledge 2001

        ISBN 9780415227124

      1. A short, very accessible rumination on the ethical, political, and social challenges posed by the needs of refugee and asylum seekers and what Derrida calls the ‘ethic of hospitality.’ This discussion takes on concrete examples in the essay on ‘Forgiveness’ in which Derrida considers the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, showing on contemporary theory can be used to understand the complex dimensions of contemporary conflict.