Politics of Deconstruction : A New Introduction to Jacques Derrida

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lüdemann, Susanne.

Lèudemann, Susanne, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism.

Deconstruction.

Derrida, Jacques.

Local Subjects:

Criticism.

Deconstruction.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book offers a new introduction to Jacques Derrida and to Deconstruction as an important strand of Continental Philosophy. From his early writings on phenomenology and linguistics to his later meditations on war, terrorism, and justice, Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) achieved prominence on an international scale by addressing as many different audiences as he did topics. Yet despite widespread acclamation, his work has never been considered easy. Rendering accessible debates that marked more than four decades of engagement and inquiry, Susanne Lüdemann traces connections between the philosophe

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface: Derrida’s Legacy

First Approach: Generations, Genealogies, Translations, and Contexts

Second Approach: The Metaphysics of Presence and the Deconstruction of Logocentrism

Third Approach: There Are “Undeconstructibles” (Are There?)

Fourth Approach: Deconstruction and Democracy

Epilogue: Deconstruction in America / America in Deconstruction

Appendix: Biography of Jacques Derrida

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804793025

0804793026

OCLC:

1198930675