| Psyche, Volume 1: Inventions of the Other Contributor(s): Derrida, Jacques (Author), Kamuf, Peggy (Editor), Rottenberg, Elizabeth G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804747997 ISBN-13: 9780804747998 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: "Psyche: Inventions of the Other" is the first publication in English of the twenty-eight essay collection Jacques Derrida published in two volumes in 1998 and 2003. In Volume I, Derrida advances his reflection on many topics: psychoanalysis, theater, translation, literature, representation, racism, and nuclear war, among others. The essays in this volume also carry on Derrida's engagement with a number of key thinkers and writers: Barthes, Benjamin, de Man, Flaubert, Freud, Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, Levinas, and Ponge. Included in this volume are new or revised translations of seminal essays (for example, "Psyche: Invention of the Other," "The "Retrait" of Metaphor," "At This Very Moment in This Work Here I Am," "Tours de Babel" and "Racism's Last Word"), as well as three essays that appear here in English for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 2006037117 |
| Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.36" W x 8.96" (1.39 lbs) 460 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Psyche: Inventions of the Other is the first publication in English of the twenty-eight essay collection Jacques Derrida published in two volumes in 1998 and 2003. In Volume I, Derrida advances his reflection on many topics: psychoanalysis, theater, translation, literature, representation, racism, and nuclear war, among others. The essays in this volume also carry on Derrida's engagement with a number of key thinkers and writers: Barthes, Benjamin, de Man, Flaubert, Freud, Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, Levinas, and Ponge. Included in this volume are new or revised translations of seminal essays (for example, Psyche: Invention of the Other, The Retrait of Metaphor, At This Very Moment in This Work Here I Am, Tours de Babel and Racism's Last Word), as well as three essays that appear here in English for the first time. |