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| Named Person: | Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida; Jacques Derrida |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leonard Lawlor |
| ISBN: | 9780231143127 0231143125 9780231512718 0231512716 |
| OCLC Number: | 128237332 |
| Description: | xvi, 171 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- War and scapegoats -- Animals have no hand -- A more sufficient response? -- Conclusion: The generation of the incorruptibles. |
| Responsibility: | Leonard Lawlor. |
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Abstract:
Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." Examining a range of Derrida's writings, this title reconstructs a portrait of Derrida's views on animality and their intimate connection to his thinking on ethics, names and singularity, sovereignty, and the notion of a common world.
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This book is a crucial opening to the discussion of animality from within a deconstructionist perspective... Recommended. CHOICE 5/1/08 A succinct and remarkable book on the late Jacques Derrida's unfinished writing about the relationship between human and non-human animals. -- James Zeigler American Book Review 02/01/09 Lawlor's book is a superb example of contemporary Continental scholarship. Offering insightful reflections in the spirit of Derrida. -- Corinne Painter Continental Philosophy Review Vol 42, No 3 Read more...
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