This book explores the cross-cultural reception of Derrida’s work, specifically how that work in all its diversity, has come to be identified with word deconstruction. It is the first book to consider the cultural reception of Derrida’s works, its accessible language and structure help to make this a benchmark amongst introductory Derrida studies.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Task of the Translator: Translation as Transformation Interpretation and Overinterpretation: Deconstruction in America The Deconstruction of a Pedagogical Institution: Derrida and the ‘Principle of Reason’ The Postmodern Political Condition: Deconstruction and Enlightenment The Politics of the Proper Name: Nietzsche, Derrida and De Man Disfigured Maintaining the Presence of Marx: Marxism and Deconstruction Afterword: Legacy Bibliography Index of Works by Jacques Derrida Index
About the author
MICHAEL THOMAS is Associate Professor in English Communication at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan. Previously he taught at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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