Positions (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S.) - Softcover

Derrida, Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826459927 ISBN 13: 9780826459923

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2003

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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Review

"Positions is the best place to start for anyone in search of a compact introduction to Derrida's deconstructive readings of (among others) Plato, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, and Saussure."

About the Author

Jacques Derrida is a professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. His books The Truth in Painting; The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond; Writing and Difference; Spurs: Nietzsche's Styles/ Eperons: Les Styles de Nietzsche; Dissemination; Margins of Philosophy of Spirit: Heidegger and the Question; and Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money are published by the University of Chicago Press.

Alan Bass received his Ph. D. from the John Hopkins University and then went on to psychoanalytic training in New York City, where he is now a practicing analyst. He has published and lectured on both deconstruction and psychoanalytic theory and practice. He is the translator of Derrida's The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond, Writing and Difference, and Margins of Philosophy, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826459927
• ISBN 13: 9780826459923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160