There is an untouchable section that is considered sacred in all religions. Derrida says that religion cannot be disassociated from its own discourse of salvation. That is to save, be safe and save oneself. To save itself is the thing of any religion. It becomes materialised as being uncontaminated or untainted or untouched and therefore holy, sacred and...
Crucifying the Body
We have learnt from Martin Heidegger that human history is marked by forgetting. Heidegger charged Western Philosophy with the forgetting of the meaning of Being. Derrida appeared to accuse that Western thinking, both philosophical and theological has forgotten that it operates from the privileged location of presence. Post- Atheist, Jean-Luc Nancy thinks the Western thinking has forgotten the body...
