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Derrida, Jacques - zhäkˈ dĕrˌēdäˈ, 1930–, French philosopher, b. Algeria. A professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, he has attempted to take apart, or "deconstruct," the edifice of Western metaphysics and reveal its incoherent foundations. In Of Grammatology (1967, tr. 1976), for

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Jacques Derrida » Read Now
by Nicholas Royle. 186 pgs.

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There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's...
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There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, covering such topics as: *deconstruction, text and difference *literature and freedom *law, justice and the 'democracy to come' *drugs, secrets and gifts. Nicholas Royle's unique book, written in an innovative and original style, is an outstanding introduction to the methods and significance of Jacques Derrida.
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Jacques Derrida and the Humanities: A Critical Reader » Read Now
by Tom Cohen. 327 pgs.

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The work of Jacques Derrida has transformed our understanding of a range of disciplines in the humanities through its questioning of some of the basic tenets of western metaphysics. This volume is a trans-disciplinary collection dedicated to his work. The assembled contributions--on law, literature...
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The work of Jacques Derrida has transformed our understanding of a range of disciplines in the humanities through its questioning of some of the basic tenets of western metaphysics. This volume is a trans-disciplinary collection dedicated to his work. The assembled contributions--on law, literature, ethics, gender, politics and psychoanalysis--constitute an investigation of the role of Derrida's work in the humanities, present and future. The volume is distinguished by work on some of his most recent writings, and contains Derrida's own address on "the future of the humanities".
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On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness » Read Now
by Jacques Derrida. 68 pgs.

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One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face of increasing nationalism and civil strife in so many countries? Drawing on examples of...
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One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face of increasing nationalism and civil strife in so many countries? Drawing on examples of treatment of minority groups in Europe, he skilfully and accessibly probes the thinking that underlies much of the practice, and rhetoric, that informs cosmopolitanism. What have duties and rights to do with hospitality? Should hospitality be grounded on a private or public ethic, or even a religious one? This fascinating book will be illuminating reading for all.
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The Secret Art of Antonin Artaud » Read Now
by Jacques Derrida, Paule Thyvenin. 160 pgs.

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Derrida and Deconstruction » Read Now
by Hugh J. Silverman. 258 pgs.

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Derrida & Education » Read Now
by Gert J.J Biesta, Denise Egya-Kuehne. 251 pgs.

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Among educational theorists and philosophers there is growing interest in the work of Jacques Derrida and his philosophy of deconstruction. This important new book shows how his work provides a highly relevant perspective on the aims, content and nature of education in contemporary, multicultural societies.
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Reading Derrida Reading Joyce » Read Now
by Alan Roughley. 138 pgs.

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Traherne in Dialogue: Heidegger, Lacan, and Derrida » Read Now
by A. Leigh Deneef. 318 pgs.

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Plato, Derrida, and Writing » Read Now
by Jasper P. Neel. 258 pgs.

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Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida » Read Now
by John D. Caputo, Jacques Derrida. 216 pgs.

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Responding to questions put to him at a Roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the reader through an illuminating discussion of the central themes of deconstruction. Speaking in English and extemporaneously, Derrida takes up with clarity and eloquence such topics as...
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Responding to questions put to him at a Roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the reader through an illuminating discussion of the central themes of deconstruction. Speaking in English and extemporaneously, Derrida takes up with clarity and eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gift, community, the distinction between the messianic and the concrete messianisms, and his interpretation of James Joyce. Derrida convincingly refutes the charges of relativism and nihilism that are often leveled at deconstruction by its critics, and sets forth the profoundly affirmative ethico-political thrust of this work. The Roundtable is annotated by John D. Caputo, the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, who has supplied cross-references to Derrida's writings, where the reader may find further discussion on these topics. Professor Caputo has also supplied a commentary which elaborates the principal issuesraised in the Roundtable.
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Displacement: Derrida and After » Read Now
by Mark Krupnick. 198 pgs.

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The Theory Mess: Deconstruction in Eclipse » Read Now
by Herman Rapaport. 188 pgs.

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Although deconstruction has become a popular catchword, as an intellectual movement it has never entirely caught on within the university. For some in the academy, deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, are responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature...
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Although deconstruction has become a popular catchword, as an intellectual movement it has never entirely caught on within the university. For some in the academy, deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, are responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature. Countering these facile dismissals of Derrida and deconstruction, Herman Rapaport explores the incoherence that has plagued critical theory since the 1960s and the resulting legitimacy crisis in the humanities. Against the backdrop of a rich, informed discussion of Derrida's writings -- and how they have been misconstrued by critics and admirers alike -- The Theory Mess investigates the vicissitudes of Anglo-American criticism over the past thirty years and proposes some possibilities for reform.
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The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion without Religion » Read Now
by John D. Caputo. 368 pgs.

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The Force of Law and Literature: Critiques of Ideology in Jacques Derrida and Pierre Bourdieu, in Mosaic (Winnipeg) » Read Now
by Barbara Leckie. 28 pgs.

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The Sovereignty of Art: Aesthetic Negativity in Adorno and Derrida » Read Now
by Christoph Menke-Eggers. 289 pgs.

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Recent discussions of aesthetics, whether in the hermeneutic or the analytic tradition, understand the place of art and aesthetic experience according to a model of "autonomy"--as just one among the many modes of experience that make up the realm of reason, situated beside the other "spheres of...
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Recent discussions of aesthetics, whether in the hermeneutic or the analytic tradition, understand the place of art and aesthetic experience according to a model of "autonomy"--as just one among the many modes of experience that make up the realm of reason, situated beside the other "spheres of value." In contrast, Theodor Adorno and Jacques Derrida view art and aesthetic experience as a medium for the dissolution of nonaesthetic reason, an experientially enacted critique of reason. Art is not only autonomous, following its own law, different from nonaesthetic reason, but sovereign: it subverts the rule of reason.In this book Christoph Menke attempts to explain art's sovereign power to subvert reason without falling into an error common to Adorno's negative dialectics and Derrida's deconstruction. The error, which already appeared in romanticism, is to conceive of the sovereignty of art as reflecting the superiority of its knowledge. For art entails no knowledge and its negativity toward reason cannot be articulated as an insight into the nature of reason: art is sovereign not despite, but because of, its autonomy. Menke brings to his arguments a firm grounding in both philosophy and literary studies, as well as familiarity with German, French, and American sources.
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