| Fielding Derrida: Philosophy, Literary Criticism, History, and the Work of Deconstruction Contributor(s): Kates, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823229467 ISBN-13: 9780823229468 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: How to interpret Derrida's work now after so much commentary has been devoted to his thought, and his own astonishing productivity has come to an end? In this groundbreaking collection, Joshua Kates argues that we must begin from a different frame than Derrida himself provides, by inserting his work into already existing fields, by "fielding Derrida." Is Derrida a skeptic? Does he subscribe to a death of meaning (and the "I") at the hands of a sign? Is his thought at all proximate to contemporary Marxian/post-Marxist thinking? Thanks to placing Derrida's texts in broader fields (such as Husserlian phenomenology and analytic philosophy of language) and subsequently nuancing what such comparisons yield, Kates's work capture Derrida's stances on these and other questions with a new concreteness and an unprecedented scope, forging links to vital debates across the humanities today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 2008026058 |
| Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How are we to interpret Jacques Derrida's writings now, after so much commentary has been devoted to his thought and his own astonishing productivity has come to an end? In this groundbreaking book, JoshuaKates extends his earlier contextualizing of Derrida's work in relation to Husserl by arguing that we must begin from a frame different from that provided by Derrida himself. His work must be inserted into alreadyexisting fields, thus fielding Derrida.By placing Derrida's texts in the context of broader fields (such as interpretations of modernity and analytic philosophy of language), Kates captures Derrida's stances with a new concreteness and an unprecedentedscope, forging links to vital debates across the humanities today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kates, Joshua: - JOSHUA KATES is Associate Professor of English at Indiana University and the author of Essential History: Jacques Derrida and the Development of Deconstruction. |