Caught on the hop: politico-philosophical writing of the 'leap'

Simon Wortham

doi:10.3366/para.2022.0407

Caught on the hop: politico-philosophical writing of the 'leap'

Simon Wortham

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This essay reads Derrida's Geschlecht III: Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity in the context of the philosophical and political legacies associated with the motif of leaping. Surveying the philosophical and textual 'politics' of this figure of the leap in the work of Kierkegaard, Hegel, Marx, Freud, Heidegger and others, the essay tracks its connection to the question of philosophical nationalism (and associated images of place, ground and gathering) explored by Derrida in Geschlecht III, speculating on the ambivalent resonances that 'leap' across the political spectrum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-335
Journal	Paragraph
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2022.0407
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2022

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