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Jacques Derrida : basic writings / edited by Barry Stocker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.Description: viii, 443 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415366427
  • 0415366429
  • 9780415366434 (pbk.)
  • 9781032032184
Uniform titles:
  • Works.
  • Selections. English. 2007
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 194 22 STO
Other classification:
  • 08.25
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Editor's introduction Part I - Metaphysics 1: Of Grammatology: 'Exergue' and 'The end of the book and the beginning of writing' 2: Dissemination: 'The pharmakon' Part II - Language and meaning 3: Speech and Phenomena: 'Meaning as soliloquy' 4: Margins of Philosophy: 'Signature Event Context' Part III - Consciousness 5: Speech and Phenomena: 'The supplement of origin' 6: Margins of Philosophy: 'Form and meaning: a note on the phenomenology of language' Part IV - Epistemology 7: Introduction to Origin of Geometry 8: Writing and Difference: 'Structure, sign and play in the discourse of the human sciences' Part V - Ethics 9: 'Hostipitality' 10: Politics of Friendship: 'Oligarchies: naming, enumerating, counting' Part VI - Politics 11: 'Onto-theology of national-humanism (Prolegomena to a hypothesis)' 12: 'The laws of reflection: Nelson Mandela, in admiration' Part VII - Literature and aesthetics 13: Writing and Difference: 'Force and signification' 14: Truth in Painting: 'Parergon I Lemmata' Bibliography Further Reading Index
Summary: One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth-century, Jacques Derrida’s ideas on deconstruction have had a lasting impact on philosophy, literature and cultural studies. Jacques Derrida: Basic Writings is the first anthology to present his most important philosophical writings and is an indispensable resource for all students and readers of his work. Barry Stocker’s clear and helpful introductions set each reading in context, making the volume an ideal companion for those coming to Derrida’s writings for the first time. The selections themselves range from his most infamous works including Speech and Phenomena and Writing and Difference to lesser known discussion on aesthetics, ethics and politics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-428) and index.

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Editor's introduction
Part I - Metaphysics
1: Of Grammatology: 'Exergue' and 'The end of the book and the beginning of writing'
2: Dissemination: 'The pharmakon'
Part II - Language and meaning
3: Speech and Phenomena: 'Meaning as soliloquy'
4: Margins of Philosophy: 'Signature Event Context'
Part III - Consciousness
5: Speech and Phenomena: 'The supplement of origin'
6: Margins of Philosophy: 'Form and meaning: a note on the phenomenology of language'
Part IV - Epistemology
7: Introduction to Origin of Geometry
8: Writing and Difference: 'Structure, sign and play in the discourse of the human sciences'
Part V - Ethics
9: 'Hostipitality'
10: Politics of Friendship: 'Oligarchies: naming, enumerating, counting'
Part VI - Politics
11: 'Onto-theology of national-humanism (Prolegomena to a hypothesis)'
12: 'The laws of reflection: Nelson Mandela, in admiration'
Part VII - Literature and aesthetics
13: Writing and Difference: 'Force and signification'
14: Truth in Painting: 'Parergon I Lemmata'
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index

One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth-century, Jacques Derrida’s ideas on deconstruction have had a lasting impact on philosophy, literature and cultural studies. Jacques Derrida: Basic Writings is the first anthology to present his most important philosophical writings and is an indispensable resource for all students and readers of his work. Barry Stocker’s clear and helpful introductions set each reading in context, making the volume an ideal companion for those coming to Derrida’s writings for the first time. The selections themselves range from his most infamous works including Speech and Phenomena and Writing and Difference to lesser known discussion on aesthetics, ethics and politics.

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