Deconstruction in a Nutshell

Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction (2020): Specters of Derrida by John D. Caputo xix
Part One
The Villanova Roundtable: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Part Two
A Commentary: Deconstruction in a Nutshell
1. Deconstruction in a Nutshell: The Very Idea (!) 31
The Aporetics of the Nutshell 31
The Axiomatics of Indignation (The Very Idea!) 36
Apologia: An Excuse for Violence 44
Nutshells, Six of Them 47
2. The Right to Philosophy 49
Of Rights, Responsibilities, and a New Enlightenment 49
Institutional Initiatives 60
Between the "Department of Philosophy" and a Philosophy to Come 69
3. Khora: Being Serious with Plato 71
A Hoax 71
Deconstruction is Serious Business 74
An Exorbitant Method 77
Khora 82
Two Tropics of Negativity 92
Differance: Khora is Its Surname 96
4. Community Without Community 106
Hospitality 109
Identity Without Identity 113
An Open Quasi-Community 121
5. Justice, If Such a Thing Exists 125
Doing Justice to Derrida 125
Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice 129
The Gift 140
Dike: Derrida, Heidegger, and Dis-junctive Justice 151
6. The Messianic: Waiting for the Future 156
The Messianic Twist in Deconstruction 156
Faith Without Religion 164
The Messianic and the Messianisms: 168
-Which Comes First? 168
-When Will You Come? 178
7. Re-Joyce, Say "Yes" 181
Between Husserl and Joyce 182
The Gramophone Effect 184
Joyce's Signature 189
Inaugurations: Encore 198
A Concluding Amen 201
Bibliography 203
Index of Names 209
Index of Subjects 213