Applying: To Derrida

by J. Brannigan (Editor), Ruth Robbins (Editor), Julian Wolfreys (Editor)

Overview

Striking out from a number of new headings and in a number of new directions each of the essays in this collection pushes at the borders of their topics, disciplines and ways of thinking, providing innovative and inventive insights into the work - and application - of Jacques Derrida on a diverse range of themes including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature, demonstrating that, today, despite repeated accusations over recent years that the work of Derrida has become passe, there is more vitality and spirit in engaging with the writings of Derrida than ever before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333656624
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/04/1996
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julian Wolfreys is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. He was previously Professor in Literature at the University of Florida, USA. His teaching and research is concerned with 19th- and 20th-century British literary and cultural studies, literary theory, the poetics and politics of identity, and the idea of the city. He is the series editor of Transitions and has written many course texts for Literature students, notably The English Literature Companion.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors - Key to Abbreviations - Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction; J.Brannigan, R.Robbins & J.Wolfreys -X; G.Bennington - Expecting the Unexpected in Coetzee's Master of Petersburg and Derrida's Recent Writings; D.Attridge - 'And One Thing Knows the Flower': Whistler, Swinburne, Derrida; R.Robbins - Writing DeTermiNation: Reading Death in(to) Irish National Identity; J.Brannigan - A Note on a Post Card: Derrida, Deronda, DEeguy; J.Wolfreys - The Terror of the Law: Judaism and International Institutions; G.Banham - Incommunication: Derrida in Translation; K.Littau - Justice: the Law of the Law; B.Belay - Assuming Responsibility: Or Derrida's Disclaimers; M.Patrick - Derrida's Others; J.H.Miller - (Touching On) Tele-Technology; R.Luckhurst - Derrida and British Film Theory; A.Easthope - Derrida on Television; P.Kamuf - 'As if I were dead': An Interview with Jacques Derrida - Works Cited - Index

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 13 essays and an interview with the French philosopher, from a July 1995 conference at the University of Luton. Challenging dogmas of conventional deconstructionism while defending Derrida against his detractors, they apply his thinking to such matters as reading death in(to) Irish national identity, Judaism and the international institutions, intercommunication, justice, assuming responsibility, tele-technology, and British film theory. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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