Ethics, institutions, and the right to philosophy, is a 2002 English book edited by Peter Pericles Trifonas which contains a lecture and a roundtable discussion by French philosopher Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...

, and a 50 pages essay by Trifonas himself. Derrida's lecture is The Right to Philosophy from the Cosmopolitical Point of View.

Contents

The first chapter is the lecture The Right to Philosophy from the Cosmopolitical Point of View, held in 1991 by French philosopher Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...

at UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

. The second chapter of the book is a roundtable discussion in which Derrida responded to other philosopher's questions about the lecture of first chapter; participants at the roundtable were Hazard Adams, Ernst Behler

Ernst Behler

Ernst Behler was a German philosopher. In 1976 he was Chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research included Friedrich von Schlegel and the early Romanticism. Also notable are his books on irony: , , Ironie und literarische Moderne ....

, Hendrick Birus, Wolfgang Iser

Wolfgang Iser

-Biography:He was born in Marienberg, Germany. His parents were Paul and Else Iser. He studied literature in the universities of Leipzig and Tübingen before receiving his PhD in English at Heidelberg with a dissertation on the world view of Henry Fielding...

, Murray Krieger

Murray Krieger

Murray Krieger was an American literary critic and theorist. He was a professor at the University of Iowa from 1963, and then the University of California, Irvine.He was born in Newark, New Jersey...

, J. Hillis Miller

J. Hillis Miller

Joseph Hillis Miller, Jr. is an American literary critic who has been heavily influenced by—and who has heavily influenced—deconstruction.- Early life and education :...

, K. Ludwig Pfeiffer

K. Ludwig Pfeiffer

K. Ludwig Pfeiffer is a German scholar in literary, media and cultural studies, born on February 23, 1944 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Middle Franconia, Germany...

, Bill Readings, Ching-hsien Wang, and Pauline Yu; the roundtable was held in 1994 and published by journal Sourface. The third and final chapter is an essay on Derrida by Trifonas. Derrida's lecture takes 18 pages, the roundtable discussion 38 pages, and Trifonas' essay 50 pages.