1st Edition

The Philosophy of Derrida

By Mark Dooley, Liam Kavanagh Copyright 2007
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

For more than forty years Jacques Derrida has attempted to unsettle and disturb the presumptions underlying many of our most fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical conventions. In The Philosophy of Derrida, Mark Dooley examines Derrida's large body of work to provide an overview of his core philosophical ideas and a balanced appraisal of their lasting impact. One of the author's primary... Read more
Introduction 1. The Catastrophe of Memory: Identity and Mourning 2. Death and Differance: Philosophy and Language 3. Repetition and Post Cards: Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology 4. The Risks of Negotiation: Ethics and Politics Afterword Notes Further Reading References Index

Biography

Dooley, Mark; Kavanagh, Liam