Jacques Derrida : basic writings / edited by Barry Stocker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derrida, Jacques.

Contributor:

Stocker, Barry, 1966-

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2007

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

viii, 443 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

. One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth-century, Jacques Derridas ideas on deconstruction have had a lasting impact on philosophy, literature and cultural studies. Jacques Derrida: Basic Writings is the first anthology to present his most important philosophical writings and is an indispensable resource for all students and readers of his work. Barry Stockers clear and helpful introductions set each reading in context, making the volume an ideal companion for those coming to Derridas writings for the first time. The selections themselves range from his most infamous working including Speech and Phenomena and Writing and Difference to lesser known discussion on aesthetics, ethics and politics.

Contents:

Part I Metaphysics 25

1 Of Grammatology: 'Exergue' and 'The end of the book and the beginning of writing' 27

2 Dissemination: 'The pharmakon' 56

Part II Language and meaning 83

3 Speech and Phenomena: 'Meaning as soliloquy' 85

4 Margins of Philosophy: 'Signature Event Context' 105

Part III Consciousness 135

5 Speech and Phenomena: 'The supplement of origin' 137

6 Margins of Philosophy: 'Form and meaning: a note on the phenomenology of language' 157

Part IV Epistemology 181

8 Writing and Difference: 'Structure, sign and play in the discourse of the human sciences' 210

Part V Ethics 235

9 'Hostipitality' 237

10 Politics of Friendship: 'Oligarchies: naming, enumerating, counting' 265

Part VI Politics 297

11 'Onto-theology of national-humanism (Prolegomena to a hypothesis)' 299

12 'The laws of reflection: Nelson Mandela, in admiration' 324

Part VII Literature and aesthetics 353

13 Writing and Difference: 'Force and signification' 355

14 Truth in Painting: 'Parergon I Lemmata' 399.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-428) and index.

ISBN:

0415366429

0415366437

9780415366427

9780415366434

OCLC:

72871216