Jacques Derrida - Opening Lines

Zusatztext 'Of great interest to anyone who wishes to engage at a serious level with Derrida's thought.' - Times Literary Supplement'A sophisticated analysis of the mode of Derrida's argumentation which explores what lies beneath the surface logic - or contestation of logic - in his texts.' - Christina Howells! FS! LIII.4! 1999'Provides... a series of sophisticated lines that re-open our critical conditioning.' - MLR Informationen zum Autor Marian Hobson is Professor of French at the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. She is the author of The Object of Art (1982) and co-editor of Reappraisals of Rousseau (1980) and Rousseau et le dix-huitième siècle (1993). Klappentext In Jacques Derrida: Opening Lines, Marian Hobson gives us a thorough and elegant analysis of this controversial and seminal contemporary thinker. Looking closely at the language and the construction of some of Derrida's philosophy, Hobson suggests the way he writes, indeed the fact he writes in another language, affects how he can be understood by English speakers.This superb study on the question of language will make illuminating reading for anyone studying or engaged with Derrida's philosophy. Zusammenfassung This superb study on the question of language will make illuminating reading for anyone studying or engaged with Derrida's philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Histories and Transcendentals; Chapter 2 Replications; Chapter 3 Strange Attractors; Chapter 4 Negatives and Steps; Chapter 5 Contacts;

Product details

• Authors: Dr Marian Hobson, Marian Hobson, Marian Hobson Hobson, Hobson Marian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.1998
• EAN: 9780415021975
• ISBN: 978-0-415-02197-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Critics of the Twentieth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -