Later Derrida: Reading the Recent Work - Softcover

Rapaport, Herman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415942691 ISBN 13: 9780415942690

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

For many readers of Jacques Derrida, the philosopher's work since the appearance of The Post Card in 1987 has been enriched by a new set of concerns and questions. In Later Derrida, Herman Rapaport offers four extended essays that examines Derrida's work of the past fifteen years. Drawing on his own deep familiarity with theory and with Derrida's work in particular, he shows what Derrida has to say on such subjects as postcolonialism, monolingualism, trauma, memory, and the archive. Of particular interest to readers of Derrida will be Rapaport's explanation of the concepts of Gemeinschaft (sect, society, etc.) and Gesellschaft (democracy, globalization, etc.) in the French philosopher's work. The essays also consider Derrida's relation to the work of Trinh Minh-ha, Gayatri Spivak, Artaud, and Heidegger.
This lucid book will be a necessary companion to all readers of Derrida's writing.

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About the Author

Herman Rapaport is Professor of English at the University of Southampton. Among his books is The Theory Mess, IsThere Truth in Art?, Between the Sign and the Gaze, andHeidegger and Derrida.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415942691
• ISBN 13: 9780415942690
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168