Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences

by Francesco Vitale

In Biodeconstruction, Francesco Vitale demonstrates the key role that the question of life plays in Jacques Derrida's work. In the seminar La vie la mort (1975), Derrida engages closely with the life sciences, especially biology and evolution theory. Connecting this line of thought to his analysis of cybernetics in Of Grammatology, Vitale shows how Derrida develops a notion of biological life as itself a sort of text that is necessarily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438468849
• ISBN13: 9781438468846
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"