Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint

by Hélène Cixous

Book Overview

Who can say "I am Jewish?" What does "Jew" mean? What especially does it mean for Jacques Derrida, founder of deconstruction, scoffer at boundaries and fixed identities, explorer of the indeterminate and undecidable? In Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint, French feminist philosopher H l ne Cixous follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of one of the greatest living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231128258
• ISBN13: 9780231128254
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher