Between Foucault and Derrida / edited by Yubraj Aryal, Vernon W. Cisney, Nicolae Morar and Christopher Penfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aryal, Yubraj, editor.

Cisney, Vernon W., editor.

Penfield, Christopher, editor.

Morar, Nicolae, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

xx, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Derrida and Foucault are without question two of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Both share a similar motivation to challenge our fundamental structures of meaning - in texts, political structures and epistemic and discursive practices - in order to inspire new ways of thinking. Between Foucault and Derrida explores the notorious 'Cogito' debate and includes the central articles of that debate. It also contains - for the first time in English translation - an important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade along with a letter written by Foucault in reply. In addition, some of the most well-known scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two profoundly important thinkers. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Between Foucault and Derrida / Christopher Penfield Penfield, Christopher 1

I The History of Madness Debate

2 Cogito and the History of Madness / Jacques Derrida Derrida, Jacques 29

3 My Body, This Paper, This Fire / Michel Foucault Foucault, Michel 62

4 'But Such People Are Insane': On a Disputed Passage from the First Meditation / Jean-Marie Beyssade Beyssade, Jean-Marie 82

5 A Return to Descartes' First Meditation / Michel Foucault Foucault, Michel 101

6 Deconstruction, Care of the Self, Spirituality: Putting Foucault and Derrida to the Test / Edward McGushin McGushin, Edward 104

II The End of Reason

7 The History of Historicity: The Critique of Reason in Foucault (and Derrida) / Amy Allen Allen, Amy 125

8 The End of Man: Foucault, Derrida and the Auto-Bio-Graphical / Ellen T. Armour Armour, Ellen T. 138

III The Voice

9 'Murmurs' and 'Calls': The Significance of Voice in the Political Reason of Foucault and Derrida / Fred Evans Evans, Fred 153

10 'Let Others Be Ends in Themselves': The Convergence Between Foucault's Parrhesia and Derrida's Teleiopoesis / Leonard Lawlor Lawlor, Leonard 169

IV The Placeless Place

11 The Aporia and the Problem / Paul Rekret Rekret, Paul 189

12 The Folded Unthought and the Irreducibly Unthinkable: Singularity, Multiplicity and Materiality, In and Between Foucault and Derrida / Arkady Plotnitshy Plotnitshy, Arkady 207

V Crisis, Life and Death

13 Living and Dying with Foucault and Derrida: The Question of Biopower / Jeffrey T. Nealon Nealon, Jeffrey T. 237

14 Philosophy on Trial: The Crisis of Deciding Between Foucault and Derrida / Peter Gratton Gratton, Peter 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748697717

0748697713

9780748697694

0748697691

OCLC:

898166863