| Jacques Derrida Contributor(s): Bennington, Geoffrey (Author), Derrida, Jacques (Author), Bennington, Geoffrey (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0226042626 ISBN-13: 9780226042626 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $40.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: This extraordinary book offers a clear and compelling biography of Jacques Derrida along with one of Derrida's strangest and most unexpected texts. Geoffrey Bennington's account of Derrida leads the reader through the philosopher's familiar yet widely misunderstood work on language and writing to the less familiar themes of signature, sexual difference, law, and affirmation. In an unusual and unprecedented "dialogue," Derrida responds to Bennington's text by interweaving Bennington's text with surprising and disruptive "periphrases." Truly original, this dual and dueling text opens new dimensions in Derrida's thought and work. "Bennington is a shrewd and well-informed commentator whose book should do something to convince the skeptics . . . that Jacques Derrida's work merits serious attention."--Christopher Norris, "New Statesman & Society" "Geoffrey Bennington and Jacques Derrida have presented a fascinating example of what might be called post-structuralist autobiography."--Laurie Volpe, "French Review" "Bennington's account of what Derrida is up to is better in almost all respects--more intelligent, more plausible, more readable, and less pretentious--than any other I have read."--Richard Rorty, "Contemporary Literature" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Religion and Postmodernism |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.28" W x 8.29" (1.02 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This extraordinary book offers a clear and compelling biography of Jacques Derrida along with one of Derrida's strangest and most unexpected texts. Geoffrey Bennington's account of Derrida leads the reader through the philosopher's familiar yet widely misunderstood work on language and writing to the less familiar themes of signature, sexual difference, law, and affirmation. In an unusual and unprecedented dialogue, Derrida responds to Bennington's text by interweaving Bennington's text with surprising and disruptive periphrases. Truly original, this dual and dueling text opens new dimensions in Derrida's thought and work. Bennington is a shrewd and well-informed commentator whose book should do something to convince the skeptics . . . that Jacques Derrida's work merits serious attention.--Christopher Norris, New Statesman & Society Geoffrey Bennington and Jacques Derrida have presented a fascinating example of what might be called post-structuralist autobiography.--Laurie Volpe, French Review Bennington's account of what Derrida is up to is better in almost all respects--more intelligent, more plausible, more readable, and less pretentious--than any other I have read.--Richard Rorty, Contemporary Literature |
Contributor Bio(s): Bennington, Geoffrey: - Geoffrey Bennington is the Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought at Emory University. He is the author of several books on Derrida and translator of many others by him, and he is coeditor of The Seminars of Jacques Derrida series.Derrida, Jacques: - Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was director of studies at the école des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books published by the University of Chicago Press. Bennington, Geoffrey: - Geoffrey Bennington is the Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought at Emory University. He is the author of several books on Derrida and translator of many others by him, and he is coeditor of The Seminars of Jacques Derrida series. |