Derrida and the Political (Thinking the Political) - Softcover

Beardsworth, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415109671 ISBN 13: 9780415109673

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential, controversial and complex thinkers of our time, has come to be at the centre of many political debates. This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's deconstruction. It is a timely response both to Derrida's own recent shift towards thinking about the political, and to the political focus of contemparary Continental philosophy.
Richard Beardsworth's study, Derrida and the Political, locates a way of thinking about deconstruction using the tools of political philosophy. Richard Beardsworth has provided students of philosophy, politics and critical theory with a thought-provoking, upper level introduction to Derrida'a work as a political theorist.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's philosophical project. It is a timely response to the current political focus of continental philosophy and to Derrida's own recent shift towards the political.

About the Author:

Richard Beardsworth is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Literature at the American University of Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415109671
• ISBN 13: 9780415109673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196