Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy

by Michael A. Peters, Gert J.J. Biesta, Gert Biesta

Jacques Derrida is, arguably, the foremost philosopher of the humanities and their place in the university. Over his long career he was concerned with the humanities' fate, status, place, and contribution. Through his deconstructive readings and writings, Derrida reinvented the Western tradition by attending closely to those texts which constitute it. He redefined its procedures and protocols, questioning and commenting upon the relationship between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433100096
• ISBN13: 9781433100093
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"