Borradori, Giovanna. Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida.(Book Review)

BORRADORI, Giovanna. Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. 224 pp. Cloth, $25.00; paper, $15.00--A book entitled Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida sounds promising. Here we find two philosophers whose views are normally regarded as diametrically opposed, contemplating the threat that is permeating our lives today: 9/11 and its aftermath.

However, the book, with its promising title, is in many ways disappointing. You may have expected…