| Desire in Ashes: Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy Contributor(s): Morgan Wortham, Simon (Editor), Alfano, Chiara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350039640 ISBN-13: 9781350039643 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 149.97 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The indebtedness of contemporary thinkers to Derrida's project of deconstruction is unquestionable, whether as a source of inspiration or the grounds of critical antagonism. This collection considers: how best to recall deconstruction? Rather than reduce it to an object of historical importance or memory, these essays analyze its significance in terms of complex matrices of desire; provoked in this way, deconstruction cannot be dismissed as 'dead', nor unproblematically defended as alive and well. Repositioned on the threshold of life-death, deconstruction profoundly complicates the field of critical thought which still struggles to memorialize, inter, or reduce the deconstructive corpus to ashes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alfano, Chiara: - Chiara Alfano is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Kingston University, UK.Morgan Wortham, Simon: - Simon Morgan Wortham is Professor of English and co-director of the London Graduate School at Kingston University London, UK. |