INVENTIONS OF DIFFERENCE, ON JACQUES DERRIDA

Gasche, Rodolphe

ISBN 10: 0674464435 / ISBN 13: 9780674464438

Verlag: Harvard Univ Press, 1994

286 pp., White & Grn Paperback, Fine, 1st ed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 087648

Inhaltsangabe:

Rodolphe Gasché, one of the world's foremost—and most provocative—authorities on Jacques Derrida, has news for deconstruction's devotees, whose traffic in the terms of “difference” signals privileged access to the most radically chic of intellectual circles: they do not know their Derrida. A deconstruction of the criticism that goes by deconstruction's name, this book reveals the true philosophical nature of Derrida's thought, its debt to the tradition it engages, and its misuse by some of its most fervent admirers.

Gasché's Inventions of Difference explodes the current myth of Derrida's singularity and sets in its place a finely informed sense of the philosopher's genuine accomplishment. Derrida's recent turn from philosophical concerns to matters literary, historical, and political has misled many of his self-styled followers, Gasché contends. Though less overtly philosophical, Derrida's later writings can be properly understood only in relation to a certain philosophical tradition, which Inventions of Difference cogently traces.

Gasché shows that terms like “difference” and “other” are devoid of meaning outside the context of identity, a context that draws not only on Husserl's phenomenology and Heidegger's writings but also on the work of Hegel. By setting forth this affinity with Hegel, Gasché clarifies the philosophical weight and direction of Derrida's recent work and the philosophical engagement of his larger project. His book puts a stop to the loose talk of deconstruction and points to the real rigors and pleasures of knowing Derrida.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Rodolphe Gasché is Eugenio Donato Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: INVENTIONS OF DIFFERENCE, ON JACQUES DERRIDA
Verlag: Harvard Univ Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition