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Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida

Name: Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Brand: Fordham University Press
SKU: 9780823217557
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Contributor(s): Caputo, John D Editor Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9780823217557
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Publication date	January 1996
Language	English
MRP	£35.00 GBP
Page count	232
Item weight	70 g

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 unusual clarity and great eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gift, the 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 and ethico-political thrust of his work. The "Roundtable" is marked by the unusual clarity of Derrida's presentation and by the deep respect for the great works of the philosophical and literary tradition with which he characterizes his philosophical 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 issues raised in the Roundtable.

In all, this volume represents one of the most lucid, compact and reliable introductions to Derrida and deconstruction available in any language. An ideal volume for students approaching Derrida for the first time, Deconstruction in a Nutshell will prove instructive and illuminating as well for those already familiar with Derrida's work.

Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida

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Caputo, John D Editor

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