Event of the Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism

by Michael Marder

Jacques Derrida's writings often embed the key themes of deconstruction in a notion of the thing. The Event of the Thing is the most complete examination to date of Derrida's understanding of thinghood and its crucial role in psychoanalysis, ethics, literary theory, aesthetics, and Marxism. Arguing that the thing, as a figure of otherness, destabilizes the metaphysical edifice it underlies, Michael Marder reveals the contributions it makes to critiques...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802098924
• ISBN13: 9780802098924
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"