The domestication of Derrida : Rorty, pragmatism and deconstruction / Lorenzo Fabbri ; translated by Daniele Manni ; English translation edited by Vuslat Demirkoparan and Ari Lee Laskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabbri, Lorenzo.

Contributor:

Demirkoparan, Vuslat.

Laskin, Ari Lee.

Series:

Continuum studies in continental philosophy

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Rorty, Richard.

Pragmatism.

Deconstruction.

Physical Description:

150 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2008]

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

The Domestication of Derrida offers a detailed account of Richard Rorty's attempt to reconcile deconstruction with the American pragmatist and liberal traditions. Fabbri argues that Rorty's powerful reading protocol is motivated by the necessity to contain the risks of Derrida's critique of Western philosophy and politics

Rorty claims that Derrida reduces philosophy to a production of private fantasies that do not have any political or epistemological relevance. Fabbri challenges such an aberrant appropriation by investigating the two key features of Rorty's privatization of deconstruction: the reduction of deconstructive writing to an example of merely autobiographical literature and the idea that Derrida not only dismisses, but also mocks the desire to engage philosophy with political struggle.

What is ultimately questioned in The Domestication of Derrida is the legitimacy of labelling deconstruction as a post-modern withdrawal from politics and theory. By discussing Derrida's resistance against the very possibility of theoretical and political ascetism, Fabbri shows that there is much more politics and philosophy in deconstruction than Rorty is willing to admit.

Contents:

The contingency of being

Derrida, the transcendental and theoretical ascetism

The resistance of theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-146) and index.

ISBN:

9780826497789

0826497780

OCLC:

181368725