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?

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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

Info autore

Grant Farred is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Grant Farred
• Con la collaborazione di: Grant Farred (Editore), Farred Grant (Editore), Martinon Jean-Paul (Postfazione)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498581912
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8191-2
• Pagine: 134
• Serie: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literature: history & criticism, African History