Derrida and Africa - Jacques Derrida As a Figure for African Thought

Taking up Jacques Derrida as a figure of thought in relation to Africa, this edited collection poses the questions: What is Derrida to Africa? And, its corollary, what is Africa to Derrida?

List of contents

Contents
Introduction: Africa, Still Remains
Grant Farred
1.The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida's Africa and the Haunting of Place
Bruce B. Janz
2.Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity's Deferral
John E. Drabinski
3.Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought
Nicolette Bragg
4.Setting, an Example: Derrida's South Africa (and Ours)
Jan Steyn
5.Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some considerations from Francophone African Philosophy
Kasareka Kavwahirehi
Afterword: Respect for Derrida in/and Africa
Jean-Paul Martinon
About the Editor
About the Contributors

About the author

Grant Farred is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University.

Summary

Taking up Jacques Derrida as a figure of thought in relation to Africa, this edited collection poses the questions: What is Derrida to Africa? And, its corollary, what is Africa to Derrida?

Product details

• Authors: Grant Farred
• Assisted by: Grant Farred (Editor), Farred Grant (Editor), Martinon Jean-Paul (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498581899
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8189-9
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue; African Philosophy: Critical P
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, Literature: history & criticism, African History, Literature: history and criticism