La justice des paroles et des noms propres. Un droit des surviants et des morts dans l’écriture philosophique de Sarah Kofman

This article offers a reinterpretation of Sarah Kofman's work through the notion of the "justice of words and proper names," arguing that her philosophical writing develops a mode of testimony capable of preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust without reducing their alterity to a completed or exhaustive form of knowledge. Through a close reading of Paroles suffoquées (1987) and Rue Ordener, rue Labat (1994), the essay explores the relationship between writing, memory, the proper name, and ethical responsibility, interpreting Kofman's «écriture sans pouvoir» as a philosophical practice that restores a voice to the dead and to the survivors without claiming to overcome the unrepresentability of Auschwitz. The discussion further examines the themes of the "true word," testimony, and reading as rewriting, highlighting Kofman's dialogue with Maurice Blanchot, Robert Antelme, as well as the connection between the Jewish tradition of commentary and deconstructive practice. The essay ultimately argues that Kofman's philosophy finds in writing a form of justice toward proper names, memory, and the other, transforming the aporia of trauma into a lasting ethical demand for interpretation, transmission, and responsibility.