Derrida and Differance (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810107864 ISBN 13: 9780810107861

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1988

Synopsis

A collection of six essays by British and American philosophers, Derrida and Différance represents recent appropriations of Derrida's thought at the Warwick Workshops on Continental Philosophy. With an introductory letter by and interview with Derrida, Derrida and Différance focuses on the celebrated term "différance," a neologism devised by Derrida to denote the influence of differentiation in the structuring of all signification.

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About the Author

DAVID WOOD is Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, and Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick. His previous books include "The Step Back: Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction "(2005)," Thinking After Heidegger" (Blackwell, 2002), "The Deconstruction of Time" (2001), "Derrida: A Critical Reader "(Blackwell, 1992), and "Philosophy at the Limit" (1990).

ROBERT BERNASCONI is Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He has published numerous articles and collections including "The Question of Language in Heidegger's History of Being" (1985), and "Heidegger in Question" (1993).

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A collection of six essays by British and American philosophers, 'Derrida and Differance' represents recent appropriations of Derrida's thought at the Warwick Workshops on Continental Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810107864
• ISBN 13: 9780810107861
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: Wood David, Bernasconi Robert