Deconstruction and the 'Unfinished Project of Modernity' - Hardcover

Norris, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415929555 ISBN 13: 9780415929554

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Through a close engagement with some key thinkers, Norris argues that deconstruction is part of the "unfinished project of modernity." a project whose interest and values it upholds by continuing to question them in a spirit of enlightened self-critical inquiry.

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Review:

"A "tour de force that reclaims Derrida from the legions of unselfconscious parodists of Derridean style. The range of Norris's reference is truly impressive, from philosophy, to politics, to science, and his repositioning of deconstruction as part of the unfinished project of modernity is as persuasive as it is innovative."
-John Drakakis

About the Author:

Christopher Norris is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff. His many publications include Deconstruction: Theory and Practice (Routledge 1991), Jacques Derrida, The Truth About Postmodernism, New Idols of the Cave, Resources of Realism, Against Relativism, and Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism, (Routledge 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415929555
• ISBN 13: 9780415929554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240