A World of Difference

by Barbara Johnson and Professor Barbara Johnson

Book Overview

Dazzling and fun, from the memorial to the formidable (or should I say notorious?) Paul de Man, which introduces the possibility of feminist deconstruction, to the revisions and re-readings of motherhood as a nearly untenable discursive position.--'Voice Literary Supplement.'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801826519
• ISBN13: 9780801826511
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

differences building the world

The fact that we are living in a world of differences is, basically, well-known. But who establish this differences? I think that the only authority is the one who ask the question, and "makes the difference". Our identity is a construction of who we think we are and of our image in the others eyes. The author(ity) of this book points this in a clear way. Derrida watch his disciple from the background of his writings, and, once more, naming the difference means: making the difference. This book can be very useful for the people living in Eastern Europe who are trying to find their "diferrence" in a large area of european identities. In fact, we are all members of certain minority, as individuals (for example, the academic minority who read Barbara Johnson in Romania)- before making part of a majority. The book is a perfect tool to review our traditions, customs, the past and the history who made us what we are now.

differences building the world

The fact that we are living in a world of differences is ,basically,well-known.But who establish this differences?I think that the only authority is the one who ask the question,and"makes the difference".Our identity is a construction of who we think we are and of our image in the others eyes.The author(ity) of this book points this in a clear way.Derrida watch his disciple from the background of his writings,and ,once more, naming the difference means:making the difference.This book can be verry useful for the people living in Eastern Europe who are trying to find their "diferrence"in a large area of european identities.in fact,we are all members of certain minority,as individuals(for example,the academic minority who read Barbara Johnson in Romania )-before making part of a majority.The book is a perfect tool to review our traditions,customs,the past and the history who made us what we are now.