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

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The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida's Africa and the Haunting of Place

Bruce B. Janz

Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity's Deferral

John E. Drabinski

Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought

Nicolette Bragg

Setting, an Example: Derrida's South Africa (and Ours)

Jan Steyn

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.

Product details

• Authors: Grant Farred
• Assisted by: Grant Farred (Editor), Farred Grant (Editor), Martinon Jean-Paul (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498581912
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8191-2
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literature: history & criticism, African History