The Figure of the Road: Deconstructive Studies in Humanities Disciplines

by Christopher D. Morris

The Figure of the Road examines the metaphor of the road, way, or path in works of representative humanities disciplines (literature, religion, philosophy, visual art, popular culture) to show how writers and artists anticipated the dilemma known to contemporary deconstruction as the «aporia» or «pathless place.» This tradition exposes the solution advocated in Derrida's late thought - the search for the «tout autre» - as a negative theology and suppression...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820488577
• ISBN13: 9780820488578
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 276 Pages