Saving Sheriff Bell: Derrida, McCarthy, and the Opening of Mercantile Ethics in No Country for Old Men

This article examines Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. Rather than seeing McCarthy's novel as a paean to a lost conservatism, I offer a subtler philosophical reading. Utilizing Jacques Derrida's account of ethics and responsibility, I show that McCarthy offers a very rich acc...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Cormac McCarthy Journal. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. - 15(2017), 2, Seite 152-176
1. Verfasser: O'Connor, Patrick (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Cormac McCarthy Journal
Schlagworte:Cormac McCarthy philosophy ethics Derrida Arts Environmental studies Political science Philosophy