Introducing Derrida

2014-12-01
Introducing Derrida

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  • Author: Jeff Collins
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 1848318871
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 387

Brilliant illustrated guide to the best-known and most controversial continental philosopher of the latter 20th century. Jacques Derrida is the most famous philosopher of the late 20th century. Yet Derrida has undermined the rules of philosophy, rejected its methods, broken its procedures and contaminated it with literary styles of writing. Derrida's philosophy is a puzzling array of oblique, deviant and yet rigorous tactics for destabilizing texts, meanings and identities. 'Deconstruction', as these strategies have been called, is reviled and celebrated in equal measure. Introducing Derrida introduces and explains his work, taking us on an intellectual adventure that disturbs some of our most comfortable habits of thought.

Engage Newcastle Volume 1

2010
Engage Newcastle Volume 1

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  • Author: Patrick Jemmer
  • Publisher: Newcastle Philosophy Society
  • ISBN: 1907926003
  • Category : Other (Philosophy)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 109

Deconstruction - Derrida

1998-06-22
Deconstruction - Derrida

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  • Author: Julian Wolfreys
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1349266183
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 250

Deconstruction - Derrida contests the notion that what Jacques Derrida does can be turned into a theory for literary interpretation. It also questions the idea that there is a critical methodology called deconstruction which can be applied to literary texts in a programmatic fashion. In this introductory study to the work of Jacques Derrida, Julian Wolfreys introduces the reader to a range of Derrida's interests and concerns, while offering readings, informed by Derrida's thought, of canonical and less well-known literary works.

Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology

2011-09-01
Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology

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  • Author: Sean Gaston
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 144115275X
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

Explores Derrida's major work through readings of key passages by such leading scholars as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, J. Hillis Miller and Derek Attridge.

Jacques Derrida’s Cambridge Affair

2019-11-20
Jacques Derrida’s Cambridge Affair

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  • Author: Niall Gildea
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN: 1786612615
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

What is philosophy? A question often asked, but usually in an abstract or speculative way. Rarely do we find a case of ‘philosophy’ being determined in the real world. However, at Cambridge in 1992, this is exactly what happened, as a debate took place over the merits, or otherwise, of awarding an Honorary Doctorate of Letters to the philosopher Jacques Derrida. Derrida’s supporters argued that his deconstruction of Western traditions of thinking ushered in an important new manner of doing philosophy; his detractors dismissed his work as charlatanism, philistinism – and non-philosophy. As arguments raged over the validity of introducing the canon of Continental philosophy to the Humanities in British Higher Education – the so-called ‘Theory Wars’ – Derrida’s ‘Cambridge Affair’ focalized this decisive conflict more than anything else. This is the first study of the Cambridge Affair. Drawing upon archival and unpublished material, little-known texts pertaining to the Affair, and Derrida’s own oeuvre, this original account offers an historical and philosophical reconstruction of this crucial debate, evaluating it against the body of work it put on trial.

Jacques Derrida: Live Theory

2005-11-01
Jacques Derrida: Live Theory

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  • Author: James K. A. Smith
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 0826462812
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 176

Jacques Derrida: Live Theory is a new introduction to the work of this most influential of contemporary philosophers. It covers Derrida's corpus in its entirety - from his earliest work in phenomenology and the philosophy of language, to his most recent work in ethics, politics and religion. It investigates Derrida's contribution to, and impact upon such disciplines as philosophy, literary theory, cultural studies, aesthetics and theology. Throughout, the key concepts that underpin Derrida's thought are thoroughly examined; in particular, the notion of 'the Other' or 'alterity' is employed to indicate a fundamental continuity from Derrida's earliest to his latest work. The text emphasizes the importance of understanding Derrida's philosophical heritage as the key to understanding the interdisciplinary impact of his project. In the wake of Derrida's death, the book includes an "interview" that interrogates the very notion of "live" theory as a way into the core themes of deconstruction.

Derrida's Of Grammatology

2008-04-30
Derrida's Of Grammatology

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  • Author: Arthur Bradley
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • ISBN: 0748631399
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 184

Everything you need to know about Derrida's Of Grammatology in one volume.Jacques Derrida was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later twentieth century. First published in 1967, Of Grammatology is his best known text, introducing many fundamental concepts relating to linguistics and writing which he would develop in his later work. This book provides a commentary on Of Grammatology that can be read alongside--rather than instead of--the text itself by students encountering Derrida for the first time."e;

Derrida for Architects

2011-08-26
Derrida for Architects

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  • Author: Richard Coyne
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136723463
  • Category : Architecture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 145

Looking afresh at the implications of Jacques Derrida’s thinking for architecture, this book simplifies his ideas in a clear, concise way. Derrida‘s treatment of key philosophical texts has been labelled as "deconstruction," a term that resonates with architecture. Although his main focus is language, his thinking has been applied by architectural theorists widely. As well as a review of Derrida’s interaction with architecture, this book is also a careful consideration of the implications of his thinking, particularly on the way architecture is practiced.

The Spivak Reader

2013-10-18
The Spivak Reader

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  • Author: Gayatri Spivak
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135217122
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 345

Among the foremost feminist critics to have emerged to international eminence over the last fifteen years, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has relentlessly challenged the high ground of established theoretical discourse in literary and cultural studies. Although her rigorous reading of various authors has often rendered her work difficult terrain for those unfamiliar with poststructuralism, this collection makes significant strides in explicating Spivak's complicated theories of reading.

Deconstructing Educational Leadership

2013-07-18
Deconstructing Educational Leadership

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  • Author: Richard Niesche
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136687726
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

Jacques Derrida and Jean-François Lyotard constitute two of the most notable figures of poststructuralist thought and philosophy of the postmodern period. Both worked to reveal instabilities and uncertainty, and to destabilise assumptions and self-evident traditions for the purposes of reflection, creativity and innovative thinking. This significant volume explores the key concepts central to the work of Derrida and Lyotard in relation to educational leadership, and reveals how these ideas challenge existing structures, hierarchies and models of thought. Derrida’s notions of difference and deconstruction, and Lyotard’s concepts of language games, performativity and the differend, are specifically used to inform provocative and insightful critiques of the positivist assumptions and knowledge construction in the field of educational leadership. The book provides concrete examples of the application of theories to policy, literature and empirical data, and identifies ideas which continue to impact contemporary practices of educational leadership and management. Included in the book: - why bring Derrida and Lyotard to ELMA? - a Lyotardian politics of the standards movement in educational leadership - managing performance - witnessing deconstructions of the leader-follower binary in ELMA - limitations and critiques of Derrida and Lyotard. This important volume in the series will be of value to all those working and researching in the field of Educational Leadership, Management and Administration.