Derrida and Autobiography

Informationen zum Autor Robert has travelled extensively in Asia and gained immense appreciation for different cultures, especially during his time in Japan. Robert's passions include languages, cooking, interior design, gardening, and growing and cultivating bonsai trees to bring the beauty and majesty of nature into the home. Zusammenfassung The work of Jacques Derrida can be seen to reinvent most theories; here Robert Smith offers a reading of Derrida's philosophy and an investigation of theories of autobiography. Smith thinks through Derrida's texts in a new way! and finds new perspectives on the work of classical writers including Hegel! Nietszche! Kierkegaard! Freud and de Man. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Book of Esther: 1. Incipit; 2. Pure reason, absolute knowledge, pure change; 3. Suffering: 4. His life story; Part II. Clarifying Autobiography: 5. Worstward ho: some recent theories; 6. Labyrinths; Part III. The Book of Zoë: 7. auto; 8. bio; 9. graphy.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Smith
• Assisted by: Anthony Cascardi (Editor), Richard Macksey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780521465816
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46581-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Literature, Culture, Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day