About this episode

The episode explores Jacques Derrida's concept of hospitality through the lens of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, focusing on the ancient Greek law of xenia and its implications.

Fall/Autumn 2026 Courses at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses What do we really owe a stranger at the door, and what grounds that obligation? In this episode, Craig and Adam turn to Jacques Derrida's writing on hospitality to unpack Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of The Odyssey, tracing how xenia, the ancient Greek law of guest and host, becomes a lens for thinking through breaking Zeus's law, the massacre of the suitors, and the slow collapse of Bronze Age civilizati...

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig, Adam

Topics covered

• hospitality
• borders
• xenia
• Derrida
• The Odyssey
• ancient Greek law
• Bronze Age civilization

Keywords

• hospitality
• Derrida
• The Odyssey
• xenia
• ancient Greece
• borders
• civilization

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Organizations: AHRC, Acid Horizon

Books & works: The Odyssey

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