Reading Derrida in Tehran: Between an Open Door and an Empty Sofreh

We can only begin to grasp hospitality as we enact it and yet, in the moment of enactment, hospitality eludes us. In this paper I look at the enactment of hospitality in the relationship between Iranian citizen-hosts and Afghan refugee-guests in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in order to reflect more...

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Main Author: Elisabeth Yarbakhsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/7/1/21