‘I have an empty head on love’: The Theme of Love in Derrida, or Derrida and the Literary Space

Michal Ben-Naftali

doi:10.3366/olr.2018.0253

‘I have an empty head on love’: The Theme of Love in Derrida, or Derrida and the Literary Space

Michal Ben-Naftali

Department of Hebrew Literature

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The essay examines several scenes of love in deconstruction, in an attempt to understand why Derrida claims to have ‘an empty head on love in general’, as he says in a film dedicated to his work. Beginning with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ up to Abraham’s sacrificial responsibility, the essay aims to interpret Derrida’s withdrawal to silence about love as enacting the erotic literary space of his own writing.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	221-237
Number of pages	17
Journal	Oxford Literary Review
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/olr.2018.0253
State	Published - 1 Dec 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
Literature and Literary Theory

Access to Document

10.3366/olr.2018.0253

Cite this

@article{bb123fb4a20445d7bfce58622df1a9f1,

title = "{\textquoteleft}I have an empty head on love{\textquoteright}: The Theme of Love in Derrida, or Derrida and the Literary Space",

abstract = "The essay examines several scenes of love in deconstruction, in an attempt to understand why Derrida claims to have {\textquoteleft}an empty head on love in general{\textquoteright}, as he says in a film dedicated to his work. Beginning with {\textquoteleft}Romeo and Juliet{\textquoteright} up to Abraham{\textquoteright}s sacrificial responsibility, the essay aims to interpret Derrida{\textquoteright}s withdrawal to silence about love as enacting the erotic literary space of his own writing.",

author = "Michal Ben-Naftali",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Edinburgh University Press.",

year = "2018",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.3366/olr.2018.0253",

language = "American English",

volume = "40",

pages = "221--237",

journal = "Oxford Literary Review",

issn = "0305-1498",

publisher = "Edinburgh University Press",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘I have an empty head on love’

T2 - The Theme of Love in Derrida, or Derrida and the Literary Space

AU - Ben-Naftali, Michal

PY - 2018/12/1

Y1 - 2018/12/1

N2 - The essay examines several scenes of love in deconstruction, in an attempt to understand why Derrida claims to have ‘an empty head on love in general’, as he says in a film dedicated to his work. Beginning with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ up to Abraham’s sacrificial responsibility, the essay aims to interpret Derrida’s withdrawal to silence about love as enacting the erotic literary space of his own writing.

AB - The essay examines several scenes of love in deconstruction, in an attempt to understand why Derrida claims to have ‘an empty head on love in general’, as he says in a film dedicated to his work. Beginning with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ up to Abraham’s sacrificial responsibility, the essay aims to interpret Derrida’s withdrawal to silence about love as enacting the erotic literary space of his own writing.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057892000&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3366/olr.2018.0253

DO - 10.3366/olr.2018.0253

M3 - Article

SN - 0305-1498

VL - 40

SP - 221

EP - 237

JO - Oxford Literary Review

JF - Oxford Literary Review

IS - 2

ER -

‘I have an empty head on love’: The Theme of Love in Derrida, or Derrida and the Literary Space

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this