Challenges of Hospitality: Derrida in Conversation with Two Biblical Narratives

Abstract

The lecture considered the relationship between unconditional and conditioned hospitality, as distinguished by Jacques Derrida. The influence of Derrida's own experience and how it played out in his writings, and in his critical reception of the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Louis Massignon.

Keywords

• Derrida, Hospitality, Levinas, Massignon
• Biblical Hermeneutics