Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Derrida on Deconstruction

Zusatztext 'Barry Stocker's guidebook achieves a great deal ... in a lucid prose that serves to demystify both Derrida and deconstruction ...' - A. Singh and M. Singamsetty! Metapsychology Online Reviews Informationen zum Autor Barry Stocker Klappentext Jacques Derrida is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the last fifty years. Derrida on Deconstruction introduces and assesses: Derrida's life and the background to his philosophy the key themes of the critique of metaphysics! language and ethics that characterize his most widely read works the continuing importance of Derrida's work to philosophy. This is a much-needed introduction for philosophy or humanities students undertaking courses on Derrida. Zusammenfassung Examining one of the most important and prolific figures in modern thought, Barry Stocker offers a lucid introduction to key texts including Speech and Phenomena, Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Derrida's Life and the Background to His Philosophy 2. Metaphysics 3. Language: Sense and Meaning 4. Consciousness: Intentionality and Perception 5. Knowledge: Origin and Structure 6. Values: Ethics! Sovereignty! Humanism and Religion 7. Metaphor! Literature and Aesthetics 8. Towards a Definition of Deconstruction Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Barry (Yeditepi University Stocker, Barry Stocker, Stocker Barry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 22.03.2006
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780415325011
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32501-1
• Pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
• Subjects: Continental, Event, History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Phenomenology, Signature, Nelson Mandela, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, European, Humanities, pure, Context, analytic, language games, Agnostic, derridas, husserls, Signature Event Context, private language argument, Overburdens, European philosophical tradition, Derrida 1989a, French Colonial Algeria, Structuralist Literary Criticism, Metaphysical Humanism, Transcendental Difference, Derrida’s Style, Continental European Philosophy, Joycean Solution, Plato’s Paradox, Finite Idea, Derrida’s Philosophy, Transparent Consciousness, Derrida’s Earlier Texts, Reference Issue, Pure Ideas, Full Time Teaching Staff, epistemological break, Superior University