Description: Deconstruction in a Nutshell : A Conversation With Jacques Derrida, Paperback by Derrida, Jacques; Caputo, John D. (EDT), ISBN 0823217558, ISBN-13 9780823217557, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 unusual clarity and great eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gift, the 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 and ethico-political thrust of his work. The Roundtableis marked by the unusual clarity of Derrida's presentation and by the deep respect for the great works of the philosophical and literary tradition with which he characterizes his philosophical 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. In all, this volume represents one of the most lucid, compact and reliable introductions to Derrida and deconstruction available in any language. An ideal volume for students approaching Derrida for the first time, Deconstruction in a Nutshell will prove instructive and illuminating as well for those already familiar with Derrida's work.
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Book Title: Deconstruction in a Nutshell : A Conversation With Jacques Derrid
Number of Pages: 215 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Deconstruction in a Nutshell : a Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Movements / Deconstruction, History & Surveys / Modern, Semiotics & Theory, Philosophy
Publication Year: 1996
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Jacques. Derrida
Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
