Re: Habermas-Derrida 31may03 English - Machine Translation

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Borradori, Giovanna Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jürgen 
Habermas and Jacques Derrida. 224 p. 5_1/2 x 8_1/2 2003

Cloth $25.00 0-226-06664-9 Spring 2003

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 Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, in 
separate interviews, in New York City. Habermas and Derrida evaluated the 
significance of the most destructive terrorist attack ever perpetrated. The 
resulting book is an unprecedented encounter between two of the most 
influential thinkers of our age: here for the first time Habermas and 
Derrida overcome their antagonism and agree to appear side by side in this 
book.

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, 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 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.

Table of Contents PREFACE Philosophy in a Time of Terror ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
INTRODUCTION Terrorism and the Legacy of the Enlightenment--Habermas and 
Derrida PART ONE Fundamentalism and Terror--A Dialogue with J’rgen Habermas 
Reconstructing Terrorism--Habermas PART TWO Autoimmunity: Real and Symbolic 
Suicides--A Dialogue with Jacques Derrida Deconstructing Terrorism--Derrida

Subjects: Philosophy: General Philosophy
History: History of Ideas
Political Science: Political and Social Theory

The University of Chicago Press


On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:35:32 +0200, Gernot Koehler <gktbg1@tiscali.de> 
wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Threehegemons@aol.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Europe's 3D vision (fwd)
>
> . . .snip>
> > Has anyone seen an English translation of Habermas/Derrida's piece?
> Yes, I made a machine translation, using Altavista Babelfish, see 
> attached
> file. It should give you a rough idea, even though the machine has no 
> word
> for "wiedergeburt" {="rebirth") and has other weaknesses. Errare 
> technicum est.
> GK


--
Michael Pugliese

"Without knowing that we knew nothing, we went on talking without listening 
to each other. Sometimes we flattered and praised each other, understanding 
that we would be flattered and praised in return. Other times we abused and 
shouted at each other, as if we were in a madhouse."
-Tolstoy