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Derrida: A Critical Reader
David Wood
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Description for Derrida: A Critical Reader
Paperback. Derrida has had a profound influence on the way texts are read. Deconstruction has become a Sphinx-like feature of the modern critical landscape. The contributors to this volume have endeavoured to take a critical view of Derrida's oeuvre. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Jacques Derrida's prolific output has been the delight (and sometimes the despair) of philosophers and literary theorists for over twenty years. His influence on the way we read theoretical texts continues to be profound. No serious contemporary thinker can fail to come to terms with deconstruction and there have been a number of monographs devoted to his work. Very few, however, have combined a critical edge with a detailed knowledge of his writing. The contributors to this volume were each asked - in the most positive sense - to take just such a critical approach. There are substantive papers by ... Read more
Jacques Derrida's prolific output has been the delight (and sometimes the despair) of philosophers and literary theorists for over twenty years. His influence on the way we read theoretical texts continues to be profound. No serious contemporary thinker can fail to come to terms with deconstruction and there have been a number of monographs devoted to his work. Very few, however, have combined a critical edge with a detailed knowledge of his writing. The contributors to this volume were each asked - in the most positive sense - to take just such a critical approach. There are substantive papers by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Critical Readers
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631161219
SKU
V9780631161219
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About David Wood
David Wood has published and lectured extensively on Derrida, including Derrida and Difference edited with Robert Bernasconi (1988). He is the author of Philosophy at the Limit (1990), and has edited a series of books in philosophy and literature, including Exceedingly Nietzsche (1988), The Provocation of Levinas (1988), Writing the Future (1990) and Philosophers' Poets (1990). His Apocalyptic Thought: Derrida, ... Read more
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"most readers, on completion of the book, will have a sense of satisfaction in the coherent view of the child's development and thinking. They will appreciate historical changes in the landscape they traversed and be satisfied with the comfort and length of the trip. It should whet their appetites for further explorations in psychology and education, a sure sign of ... Read more