Description
Jacques Derrida remains the world's single most influential philosophical and literary theorist. He is also one of the most controversial and most complex. His own works and critical studies of his work proliferate, but where can a student, utterly new to Derrida start? Understanding Derrida is written as an introduction to the full range of Derrida's key ideas and influences. It brings together the world's leading authorities on Derrida, each writing a short, accessible essay on one central aspect of his work. Framed by a clear introduction and a complete bibliography of Derrida's publications in English, the essays systematically analyse one aspect of Derrida's work, each one includes a quick summary of Derrida's books which have addressed this theme, guiding the student towards a direct engagement with Derrida's texts. The essays cover language, metaphysics, the subject, politics, ethics, the decision, translation, religion, psychoanalysis, literature, art, and Derrida's seminal relationship to other philosophers, namely Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Hegel and Nietzsche.
About the Author
Jack Reynolds is Chair of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. Jonathan Roffe is Convenor of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. He is co-editor of Understanding Derrida (Continuum 2004)
Reviews
"The most important offering for assessing Derrida's contribution to philosophy is Reynolds and Roffe's Understanding Derrida, which brings together introductory pieces from important philosophers and Derrida scholars, including David Allison, Robert Bernasconi, and Simon Critchley...By extracting the properly philosophical elements of Derrida's work, Reynolds and Roffe have produced a careful invitation that truly and compellingly shows Derrida to be a serious philosopher we should study and from whom we can learn." -Edvard Lorkovic, Philosophy in Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780826473165
Author Dr Jack Reynolds
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Mansell Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 276g
About the Author
Jack Reynolds is Chair of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. Jonathan Roffe is Convenor of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. He is co-editor of Understanding Derrida (Continuum 2004)
Reviews
"The most important offering for assessing Derrida's contribution to philosophy is Reynolds and Roffe's Understanding Derrida, which brings together introductory pieces from important philosophers and Derrida scholars, including David Allison, Robert Bernasconi, and Simon Critchley...By extracting the properly philosophical elements of Derrida's work, Reynolds and Roffe have produced a careful invitation that truly and compellingly shows Derrida to be a serious philosopher we should study and from whom we can learn." -Edvard Lorkovic, Philosophy in Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780826473165
Author Dr Jack Reynolds
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Mansell Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 276g
