Interrupting Derrida / Geoffrey Bennington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennington, Geoffrey.

Series:

Warwick studies in European philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

"Interrupting Derrida" is a major new work by Geoffrey Bennington, internationally renowned Derrida scholar and translator of Derrida's work. This bold and provocative collection of essays surveys key themes in work by and about Derrida. Presenting a compelling challenge to influential readings of Derrida that have emerged from both the philosophical and literary traditions, Bennington shows how Derrida's work "interrupts" metaphysics, not by redefining philosophy but by rendering it indefinite. Arguing that we can fruitfully interrupt Derrida himself, Bennington offers us a dazzling and provocative reading that points the way towards any future dialogue with Derrida's work.

Contents:

Part I Pedagogics 5

1 'Jacques Derrida' 7

2 Derrida and politics 18

3 Deconstruction and ethics 34

4 Derrida's Mallarme 47

Part II Allographics 59

5 R.I.P. 61

6 X 76

7 Circanalysis (The thing itself) 93

8 Forever friends 110

9 Is it time? 128

10 Almost the end 141

Part III Philopolemics 153

11 Genuine Gasche (perhaps) 155

12 Emergencies 162

13 An idea of syntax 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-230) and index.

ISBN:

0415224268

0415224276

OCLC:

42823719