Positions

Derrida, Jacques & Alan Bass & Christopher Norris

ISBN 10: 0826459927 / ISBN 13: 9780826459923

Published by Continuum Intl Pub Group, NY, 2002

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Light edge wear. A nice, crisp copy. ; Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers Series; 5.25 X 0.5 X 8.25 inches; 114 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Positions
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, NY
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826459927
• ISBN 13: 9780826459923
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

A compact introduction to Derrida's deconstructive readings of various philosophers including: Plato, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, and Saussure, this title brings together three interviews with Jacques Derrida, outlining key terms and themes of his work. It takes an interview format which allows for a looser, more accessible exploration of the key Derridean themes of Marxism, psychoanalysis and linguistics. The text serves as an introduction not only to two of Derrida's most influential works, "Writing and Difference" and "Dissemination", but also, more generally, to his seminal work on deconstruction. This new edition of the book includes an extensive essay by Christopher Norris, setting these key early interviews in the context of the full trajectory of Derrida's thought.

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Positions is a collection of three interviews with Jacques Derrida that illuminate and make more accessible the complex concepts and terms treated extensively in such works as Writing and Difference and Dissemination. Derrida takes positions on his detractors, his supporters, and the two major preoccupations of French intellectual life, Marxism and psychoanalysis.

The interviews included in this volume offer a multifaceted view of Derrida. "Implications: Interview with Henri Ronse" contains a succinct statement of principles. "Seminology and Grammatology: Interview with Julia Kristeva" provides important clarifications of the role played by linguistics in Derrida's work. "Positions: Interview with Jean-Louis Houdebine and Guy Scarpetta" is a wide-ranging discussion that touches on many of the polemics that Derrida's work as provoked.

Alan Bass, whose translation of Writing and Difference was highly praised for its clarity, accuracy, and readability, has provided extremely useful critical notes, full of vital information, including historical background.