How to Read Derrida
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
An idiosyncratic and highly controversial French philosopher, Jacques Derrida inspired profound changes in disciplines as diverse as law, anthropology, literature and architecture. In Derrida's view, texts and contexts are woven with inconsistencies and blindspots, which provide us with a chance to think in new ways about, among other things, language, community, identity and forgiveness. Derrida's suggestions for "how to read" lead to a new vision of ethics and a new concept of responsibility.
Read more
Penelope Deutscher discusses extracts from the full range of Derrida's work, including Of Grammatology, Dissemination, Limited Inc, The Other Heading: Reflections on Europe, Monolinguism of the Other, Given Time, and "Force of Law."
Liked How to Read Derrida? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked How to Read Derrida. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge Shares philosophy, postmodernism, critical theory -
Transcritique: On Kant and Marx Shares philosophy, critical theory -
Fatal Strategies (Semiotext Shares philosophy, postmodernism, critical theory -
Dissemination Shares philosophy, critical theory, nonfiction
