Derrida, Literature and War - Absence and the Chance of Meeting

Zusammenfassung Examines the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work and through that a re-examination of the relation between war and literature. This book argues for the importance of the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work in thinking today about war and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations Preface List of Illustrations Prologue: A Series of Intervals Part I: Calculating on Absence 1. An Inherited Dis-Inheritance 2. Absence as Pure Possibility 3. (Not) Meeting Heidegger Part II: La Chance de la Rencontre 4. (Mis)chances 5. War and its Other 6. Conrad and the Asymmetrical Duel 7. (Not) Meeting Without Name Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Sean Gaston, Gaston Sean
• Assisted by: Hugh J. Silverman (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2009
• EAN: 9781847065520
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-552-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cul; Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cul; Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literature: history and criticism, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism