1st Edition

Derrida and the Political

By Richard Beardsworth Copyright 1996
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential, controversial and complex thinkers of our time, has come to be at the centre of many political debates. This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's deconstruction. It is a timely response both to Derrida's own recent shift towards thinking about the political, and to the political focus of contemparary Continental... Read more
Chapter 1 From Language to Law, an Opening onto Judgement, Saussure, Kafka, Derrida; Chapter 2 The Political Limit of Logic and the Promise of Democracy, Kant, Hegel, Derrida; Chapter 3 Aporia of Time, Aporia of Law, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida;

Biography

Richard Beardsworth is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Literature at the American University of Paris.