Geoffrey Bennington sets out here to write a systematic account of the thought of Jacques Derrida. Responding to Bennington's text at every turn is Derrida's own, excerpts from his life and thought that resist circumscription. Together these texts, as a dialogue and a contest, constitute a critical introduction to one of the leading philosophers of the 20th century. Bennington'...(展开全部)

This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, presenting 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 guide, written in an innovative and original style, is an outstanding introduct...(展开全部)

This text questions whether deconstruction's devotees, whose traffic in the terms of "difference" signals privileged access to the most radically chic of intellectual circles, really know their Derrida. A deconstruction of the criticism that goes by deconstruction's name, this book reveals the true philosophical nature of Derrida's thought, its debt to the tradition it engages,...(展开全部)

This text questions whether deconstruction's devotees, whose traffic in the terms of "difference" signals privileged access to the most radically chic of intellectual circles, really know their Derrida. A deconstruction of the criticism that goes by deconstruction's name, this book reveals the true philosophical nature of Derrida's thought, its debt to the tradition it engages,...(展开全部)

Une hospitalité sans condition appelle à une réinvention de l'hospitalité, une hospitalité inventive, dont les textes ici réunis montrent qu'elle n'est pas seulement un droit à l'hospitalité mais l'éthique même de l'hospitalité : la paix.

In Biodeconstruction, Francesco Vitale demonstrates the key role that the question of life plays in Jacques Derrida's work. In the seminar La vie la mort (1975), Derrida engages closely with the life sciences, especially biology and evolution theory. Connecting this line of thought to his analysis of cybernetics in Of Grammatology, Vitale shows how Derrida develops a notion of ...(展开全部)

In Biodeconstruction, Francesco Vitale demonstrates the key role that the question of life plays in Jacques Derrida's work. In the seminar La vie la mort (1975), Derrida engages closely with the life sciences, especially biology and evolution theory. Connecting this line of thought to his analysis of cybernetics in Of Grammatology, Vitale shows how Derrida develops a notion of ...(展开全部)

Patrick Llored est professeur de philosophie à Lyon, membre de l'IRPHIL (Institut de recherches philosophiques) de l'université Jean Moulin Lyon III. Spécialiste de philosophie contemporaine, ses travaux portent sur l'éthique animale. Il prépare plusieurs ouvrages consacrés à cette dernière et tout particulièrement un livre qui sera le premier traité d'éthique en langue françai...(展开全部)

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was unquestionably one of the most celebrated and reviled French thinkers of the last thirty years. Outside France, his influence in comparative literature circles, through deconstruction and other ideas, has been so profound that his personal role as a leader of contemporary French philosophy has been almost overlooked. Perhaps because there is no e...(展开全部)

Who is Jacques Derrida? For some, he is the originator of a relativist philosophy responsible for the contemporary crisis of truth. For the far right, he is one of the architects of Cultural Marxism. To his academic critics, he reduced French philosophy to “little more than an object of ridicule.” For his fans, he is an intellectual rock star who ranged across literature, polit...(展开全部)