Derrida: Profanations

by Patrick J. O'Connor

Book Overview

Derrida: Profanations presents a re-appraisal of Jacques Derrida's deconstruction. If philosophy articulates what it means to be human, then deconstruction, which Patrick O'Connor argues consigns all existence to a mortal, profane and worldly life remains radically philosophical. The assertion demands an analysis of Derrida's radicalisation of the key philosophers who influenced him, as well as a rebuttal of theological accounts of deconstruction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441171355
• ISBN13: 9781441171351
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"