A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds

by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf

Overview

Jacques Derrida is one of the most prolific and influential contemporary French intellectuals. Twenty-two essays and excerpts from Derrida's writings over the last twenty-five years are gathered in this accessible introduction, A Derrida Reader. The book's five sections are carefully introduced by the editor, and each selection of Derrida's work is presented succinctly in context. A general introduction to the volume by Peggy Kamuf provides an original interpretation and overview of Derrida's work and philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231066594
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	05/13/1991
Pages:	625
Sales rank:	840,058
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peggy Kamuf is professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Reading Between the Blinds
Part One: Difference at the Origin
1. From Speech and Phenomena
2. From Of Grammatology
3. From "Difference"
4. "Signature Event Context"
5. From "Plato's Pharmacy"
Part Two: Beside Philosophy—"Literature"
6. "Tympan"
7. From "The Double Session"
8. From "Psyche: Inventions of the Other"
9. "Che cos'e la poesia?"
Part Three: More than One Language
10. From "Des Tours de Babel"
11. From "Living on: Border Lines"
12. "Letter to a Japanese Friend"
13. From "Restitutions of the Truth in Pointing"
Part Four: Sexual Difference in Philosophy
14. From Glas
15. From Spurs: Nietsche's Styles
16. "Geschlecht: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference"
17. From "At this Very Moment in This Work Here I Am"
18. From Choreographies"
Part Five: Tele-Types (Yes, Yes)
19. From "Le Facteur de la verite"
20. From "Envois"
21. From "To Speculate—on 'Freud'"
22. From "ulysses Gramophone: Hear Say Yes in Joyce"
Bibliography of Works in Jacques Derrida
Selected Works on Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction
Index of Works by Jacques Derrida
Index

What People are Saying About This

Avital Ronell

In an unprecedented style of intense, testamentary reverence, [Derrida's] works honor the traditions which have been bequeathed to us while they anticipate and welcome a democracy to come.

— Avital Ronell, New York University

Editorial Reviews

An extraordinary, subtle and informative anthology....The work is presented scrupulously, generously, with consummate art and skill, and will stand as a benchmark for Derrida studies for some time to come.

Substance

An extraordinary, subtle and informative anthology....The work is presented scrupulously, generously, with consummate art and skill, and will stand as a benchmark for Derrida studies for some time to come.

SubStance

In an unprecedented style of intense, testamentary reverence, [Derrida´s] works honor the traditions which have been bequeathed to us while they anticipate and welcome a democracy to come.

Avital Ronell

Twenty-two essays and excerpts from the writing of influential French philosopher Jacques Derrida over the last 25 years. Each selection is introduced by the volume editor, as are each of the five organizing sections. The general introduction offers an overview of Derrida's work and philosophy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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