The Ethics of Writing: Derrida, Deconstruction, and Pedagogy

by Peter Pericles Trifonas

Book Overview

In this compelling and timely treatise, cultural theorist and educator Peter Trifonas puts forth the first book-length study of Jacques Derrida's 'educational texts: ' that is, those writings most explicitly concerned with the ethics and politics of the historico-philosophical structures constituting the scene of teaching. The text examines how deconstruction allows us to re-think the socio-historical and ethico-philosophical aspects of pedagogical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847695581
• ISBN13: 9780847695584
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"