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Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential, controversial and complex thinkers of our time, has come to be at the centre of many political debates. This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's deconstruction. It is a timely response both to Derrida's own recent shift towards thinking about the political, and to the political focus of contemparary Continental philosophy.
Richard Beardsworth's study, Derrida and the Political, locates a way of thinking about deconstruction using the tools of political philosophy. Richard Beardsworth has provided students of philosophy, politics and critical theory with a thought-provoking, upper level introduction to Derrida'a work as a political theorist.
Table des matières
Chapter 1 From Language to Law, an Opening onto Judgement, Saussure, Kafka, Derrida; Chapter 2 The Political Limit of Logic and the Promise of Democracy, Kant, Hegel, Derrida; Chapter 3 Aporia of Time, Aporia of Law, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida;
A propos de l'auteur
Richard Beardsworth is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Literature at the American University of Paris.
Résumé
This reasessment of the political implications of deconstruction also provides a reading of Derrida's philosophy through political philosophy. It responds to Derrida's own recent shift towards political theory, particularly the evaluation of the "new world order" in his "Spectres of Marx".
