Essential History: Jacques Derrida and the Development of Deconstruction

by Joshua Kates

Book Overview

However widely--and differently--Jacques Derrida may be viewed as a "foundational" French thinker, the most basic questions concerning his work still remain unanswered: Is Derrida a friend of reason, or philosophy, or rather the most radical of skeptics? Are language-related themes--writing, semiosis--his central concern, or does he really write about something else? And does his thought form a system of its own, or does it primarily consist of commentaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810123274
• ISBN13: 9780810123274
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"