Human Rights between tolerance and hospitality: an essay from the though of Jacques Derrida
| Autor | Gustavo Oliveira de Lima Pereira |
| Ocupação do Autor | Professor of international law and theory of law at PUC/RS |
| Páginas | 3090-3096 |
3090 • XXVI World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
Human Rights between tolerance and hospitality
An essay from the though of Jacques Derrida
Gustavo Oliveira de Lima Pereira1
Abstract: This article aims to problematize the philosophical implications that
the categories of “tolerance” and “hospitality” may represent grounds for Hu-
manRights incosmopolitan Atrstaempts tocontextualize theinterplay
between the concept of “tolerance” and “Consensus” as remnants of Enlighten-
ment rationality. It will be explore the idea of “unconditional hospitality” from
the “democracy to come” by Jacques Derrida’s thought, as one overcome legal
barriersthatdenethetraditionalfoundationofhumanrightsandasaalterna-
tive to radical enough construction of a new sense of ethics for international re-
lational plan, beyond the political and beyond the law.
Keywords: Tolerance, hospitality, democracy to come.
1. Introduction
The strange strategy of this article, without a pre-determined
purpose or just one purpose on the verge of passivity, is to investigate
the collision course that weaves together the categories of “tolerance”
and “hospitality” in the tense game of chess involving the ethical-politi-
cal constructions of the West.
Between the “consensus” and “tolerance”, underlies the decisive
category for understanding of his merits and also his exhaustion: “free-
dom”. Is by way of understanding of freedom that leaning the tension
betweenthecategoriessuggestedIsthermgroundandquicksandon
the ground of this philosophical game.
What moves us in the confrontation of the theme will be the writ-
ingsof JacquesDerridaaccompaniedallthe timeby yourpresentab-
sence; that is sometimes cited, other excited. But before starting on the
1
Professor of international law and theory of law at PUC/RS. PhD student in philosophy
at PUC\/RS. CNPq. Master in law from Unisnos. Contact: gustavo.pereira@pucrs.br
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