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| Genre/Form: | Entretiens |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Derrida, Jacques. Deconstruction in a nutshell. New York : Fordham University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)606005589 |
| Named Person: | Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida; Platon.; James Joyce; Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jacques Derrida; John D Caputo |
| ISBN: | 082321754X 9780823217540 0823217558 9780823217557 |
| OCLC Number: | 35784367 |
| Description: | xv, 215 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The Villanova Roundtable : a conversation with Jacques Derrida -- pt. 2. A commentary : deconstruction in a nutshell: Deconstruction in a nutshell : the very idea(!). The right to philosophy. Khôra : being serious with Plato. Community without community. Justice, if such a thing exists. The messianic : waiting for the future. Re-Joyce, say "Yes". A concluding amen. |
| Series Title: | Perspectives in continental philosophy. |
| Responsibility: | edited with a commentary by John D. Caputo. |
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Abstract:
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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