How to Read Derrida

by Penelope Deutscher

Book Overview

An idiosyncratic and highly controversial French philosopher, Jacques Derrida inspired profound changes in disciplines as diverse as law, anthropology, literature and architecture. In Derrida's view, texts and contexts are woven with inconsistencies and blindspots, which provide us with a chance to think in new ways about, among other things, language, community, identity and forgiveness. Derrida's suggestions for "how to read" lead to a new vision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393328791
• ISBN13: 9780393328790
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"