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Derrida/Searle: Deconstruction and Ordinary Language
Raoul Moati
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Description for Derrida/Searle: Deconstruction and Ordinary Language
Paperback. Translator(s): Chun, Maureen; Attanucci, Timothy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
Raoul Moati intervenes in the critical debate that divided two prominent philosophers in the mid-twentieth century. In the 1950s, the British philosopher J. L. Austin advanced a theory of speech acts, or the "performative," that Jacques Derrida and John R. Searle interpreted in fundamentally different ways. Their disagreement centered on the issue of intentionality, which Derrida understood phenomenologically and Searle read pragmatically. The controversy had profound implications for the development of contemporary philosophy, which, Moati argues, can profit greatly by returning to this classic debate. In this book, Moati systematically replays the historical encounter between Austin, Derrida, and Searle and ... Read more
Raoul Moati intervenes in the critical debate that divided two prominent philosophers in the mid-twentieth century. In the 1950s, the British philosopher J. L. Austin advanced a theory of speech acts, or the "performative," that Jacques Derrida and John R. Searle interpreted in fundamentally different ways. Their disagreement centered on the issue of intentionality, which Derrida understood phenomenologically and Searle read pragmatically. The controversy had profound implications for the development of contemporary philosophy, which, Moati argues, can profit greatly by returning to this classic debate. In this book, Moati systematically replays the historical encounter between Austin, Derrida, and Searle and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
183g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231166713
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V9780231166713
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About Raoul Moati
Raoul Moati is a French philosopher and an assistant professor of continental philosophy at the University of Chicago. His books include Psychanalyse, marxisme, idealisme allemand, autour de Slavoj Zizek and Evenements Nocturnes, Essai sur Totalite et Infini. Timothy Attanucci is a lecturer in German at Princeton University. Maureen Chun is a postdoctoral fellow and honorary assistant professor ... Read more
Reviews for Derrida/Searle: Deconstruction and Ordinary Language
In its very violence, the debate between Jacques Derrida and John Searle was the proof of the gap that continues to separate the continental speculative tradition from its Anglo-Saxon analytic counterpart. Raoul Moati's book is much more than a review of the debate-he is part of the debate, bringing it to its philosophical conclusion. Sometimes, while reading his book, one ... Read more