Positions

Derrida, Jacques; Bass, Alan (translator)

ISBN 10: 0226143325 / ISBN 13: 9780226143323

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1981

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Very little wear whatsoever. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. '[This book] is a collection of the only lengthy interviews granted by Derrida. It is not so much an introduction as a clarification of Derrida's thought and writing. The primary value of the author's responses, or 'positions,' lies in the ways in which they illuminate and make more accessible complex concepts and terms treated extensively in such difficult works as L'ecriture et la difference and La dissemination. The three interviews included in this work give a multifaceted view of Derrida.' 114 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Positions
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226143325
• ISBN 13: 9780226143323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jacques Derrida is Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociale in Paris. He is the author of a range of extraordinarily influential works including Dissemination, also available in the Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers series.