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11 The Uncanny Strangeness of Maternal Election
Levinas and Kristeva on Parental Passion
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Kelly Oliver
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
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PRELUDE
- At the Threshold 1
- Presentation of Texts 30
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PART I: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
- 1 Strangers at the Edge of Hospitality 37
- 2 Putting Hospitality in Its Place 49
- 3 Things at the Edge of the World 67
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PART II: SACRED STRANGENESS
- 4 Hospitality and the Trouble with God 81
- 5 The Hospitality of Listening 98
- 6 Incarnate Experience 109
- 7 The Time of Hospitality—Again 126
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PART III: THE UNCANNY REVISITED
- The Null Basis-Being of a Nullity, Or Between Two Nothings 143
- 9 Heidegger and the Strangeness of Being 155
- 10 Progress in Spirit 168
- 11 The Uncanny Strangeness of Maternal Election 196
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PART IV: HOSTS AND GUESTS
- 12 Being, the Other, the Stranger 213
- 13 Words of Welcome 232
- 14 Neither Close nor Strange 242
- 15 Between Mourning and Magnetism 258
- 16 The Stranger in the Polis 274
- Notes 285
- Contributors 333
- Index of Names 337
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
-
PRELUDE
- At the Threshold 1
- Presentation of Texts 30
-
PART I: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
- 1 Strangers at the Edge of Hospitality 37
- 2 Putting Hospitality in Its Place 49
- 3 Things at the Edge of the World 67
-
PART II: SACRED STRANGENESS
- 4 Hospitality and the Trouble with God 81
- 5 The Hospitality of Listening 98
- 6 Incarnate Experience 109
- 7 The Time of Hospitality—Again 126
-
PART III: THE UNCANNY REVISITED
- The Null Basis-Being of a Nullity, Or Between Two Nothings 143
- 9 Heidegger and the Strangeness of Being 155
- 10 Progress in Spirit 168
- 11 The Uncanny Strangeness of Maternal Election 196
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PART IV: HOSTS AND GUESTS
- 12 Being, the Other, the Stranger 213
- 13 Words of Welcome 232
- 14 Neither Close nor Strange 242
- 15 Between Mourning and Magnetism 258
- 16 The Stranger in the Polis 274
- Notes 285
- Contributors 333
- Index of Names 337