Understanding Derrida
Published on 1. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8264-7316-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jacques Derrida remains the world's single most influential philosophical and literary theorist. He is also one of the most controversial and most complex. His own works and critical studies of his work proliferate, but where can a student, utterly new to Derrida start? Understanding Derrida is written as an introduction to the full range of Derrida's key ideas and influences. It brings together the world's leading authorities on Derrida, each writing a short, accessible essay on one central aspect of his work. Framed by a clear introduction and a complete bibliography of Derrida's publications in English, the essays systematically analyse one aspect of Derrida's work, each one includes a quick summary of Derrida's books which have addressed this theme, guiding the student towards a direct engagement with Derrida's texts. The essays cover language, metaphysics, the subject, politics, ethics, the decision, translation, religion, psychoanalysis, literature, art, and Derrida's seminal relationship to other philosophers, namely Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Hegel and Nietzsche.
Reviews / Votes
"The most important offering for assessing Derrida's contribution to philosophy is Reynolds and Roffe's Understanding Derrida, which brings together introductory pieces from important philosophers and Derrida scholars, including David Allison, Robert Bernasconi, and Simon Critchley...By extracting the properly philosophical elements of Derrida's work, Reynolds and Roffe have produced a careful invitation that truly and compellingly shows Derrida to be a serious philosopher we should study and from whom we can learn." -Edvard Lorkovic, Philosophy in ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7316-5 (9780826473165)
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Jack Reynolds | Jonathan Roffe
Understanding Derrida
E-Book
06/2004
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€32.99
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Persons
Jack Reynolds is Chair of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. Jonathan Roffe is Convenor of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. He is co-editor of Understanding Derrida (Continuum 2004)
Content
Foreword; Jacques Derrida; 1. Editor's Introduction; Jack Reynolds and Jon Roffe; Part I: Themes in Derrida; 2. Language; Michael Naas, DePaul University; 3. Metaphysics; Christopher Norris, University of Cardiff; 4. The Subject; Christina Howells, Oxford; 5. Politics; Paul Patton, University of New South Wales; 6. Ethics; Simon Critchley, University of Essex; 7. Decision; Jack Reynolds, University of Tasmania; 8. Translation; Jon Roffe, University of Melbourne; 9. Religion; Kevin Hart, University of Notre Dame; 10. Psychoanalysis; Matthew Sharpe, University of Auckland; 11. Literature; Claire Colebrook, University of Edinburgh; 12. Art; Julian Wolfreys, University of Florida; Part II: Derrida & Others; 13. Edmund Husserl; David Allison, State University of New York; 14. Martin Heidegger; Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis; 15. Emmanuel Levinas; Rosalyn Diprose, University of New South Wales; 16. GWF Hegel; David Rathbone, University of Melbourne; 17. Friedrich Nietzsche; Richard Beardsworth, American University of Paris; Bibliography of all Derrida's English publications