Jacques Derrida

Deconstruction in a Nutshell

A Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Herausgeber: Caputo, John D

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Produktbeschreibung

Responding to questions put to him at a Roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the reader through an illuminating discussion of the central themes of deconstruction. Speaking in English and extemporaneously, Derrida takes up with clarity and eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gift, community, the distinction between the messianic and the concrete messianisms, and his interpretation of James Joyce. Derrida convincingly refutes the charges of relativism and nihilism that are often leveled at deconstruction by its critics, and sets forth the profoundly affirmative ethico-political thrust of this work. The Roundtable is annotated by John D. Caputo, the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, who has supplied cross-references to Derrida's writings, where the reader may find further discussion on these topics. Professor Caputo has also supplied a commentary which elaborates the principal issues raised in the Roundtable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 215
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780823217540
• ISBN-10: 082321754X
• Artikelnr.: 20993620

Autorenporträt

Jacques Derrida was the single most influential voice in European philosophy for the last third of the twentieth century. His many books include Of Grammatology, Specters of Marx, and The Animal That Therefore I Am.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction (2020): Specters of Derrida by John D. Caputo xix
Part One
The Villanova Roundtable: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Part Two
A Commentary: Deconstruction in a Nutshell
1. Deconstruction in a Nutshell: The Very Idea (!) 31
The Aporetics of the Nutshell 31
The Axiomatics of Indignation (The Very Idea!) 36
Apologia: An Excuse for Violence 44
Nutshells, Six of Them 47
2. The Right to Philosophy 49
Of Rights, Responsibilities, and a New Enlightenment 49
Institutional Initiatives 60
Between the "Department of Philosophy" and a Philosophy to Come 69
3. Khora: Being Serious with Plato 71
A Hoax 71
Deconstruction is Serious Business 74
An Exorbitant Method 77
Khora 82
Two Tropics of Negativity 92
Differance: Khora is Its Surname 96
4. Community Without Community 106
Hospitality 109
Identity Without Identity 113
An Open Quasi-Community 121
5. Justice, If Such a Thing Exists 125
Doing Justice to Derrida 125
Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice 129
The Gift 140
Dike: Derrida, Heidegger, and Dis-junctive Justice 151
6. The Messianic: Waiting for the Future 156
The Messianic Twist in Deconstruction 156
Faith Without Religion 164
The Messianic and the Messianisms: 168
-Which Comes First? 168
-When Will You Come? 178
7. Re-Joyce, Say "Yes" 181
Between Husserl and Joyce 182
The Gramophone Effect 184
Joyce's Signature 189
Inaugurations: Encore 198
A Concluding Amen 201
Bibliography 203
Index of Names 209
Index of Subjects 213