About this title: "In this densely imbricated volume Derrida pursues his devoted, relentless dismantling of the philosophical tradition, the tradition of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger--each dealt with in one or more of the essays. There are essays too on linguistics (Saussure, Benveniste, Austin) and on the nature of metaphor ("White Mythology"), the latter with important implications for literary theory. Derrida is fully in control of a dazzling stylistic register in this book--a source of true illumination for those prepared to follow his arduous path. Bass is a superb translator and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780226143262ISBN:0226143260
Description: Good. Cover has slight shelf wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Underlining is present. Excellent deal for students looking to save! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780226143262ISBN:0226143260
Description: Acceptable. Cover shows some edge wear. Light soiling or stains on sides of book and a few pages. Slight corner creasing or wear. A few pages have notes. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Pub Date: 2/15/1984 Binding: Paperback Pages: 360. read more
Description: Good. Creases to binding-some staining to cover and page edge-lots of pencil underlining and note taking-otherwise binding strong contents fine-enjoy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780226143262ISBN:0226143260
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Description: Like New. University of Chicago Press, TPB, 1982, 3rd printing (1986). Might be unused, clean, tight, no markings or highlighting, minimal wear. read more
Description: Good. Ex-academic library-usual marks and stamps. Paperback published by Harvester in 1982. Reference pages are clean and neat. Cover has library markings and some age wear. Makes an excellent reference copy. UK seller. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226143262ISBN:0226143260
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780226143262ISBN:0226143260
Description: New. "In this densely imbricated volume Derrida pursues his devoted, relentless dismantling of the philosophical tradition, the tradition of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger--each dealt with in one or more of the essays. There are essays... read more
"Derrida's essay on differance is, in my opinion, his single greatest acheivement. The way that he addresses the ontological differance and follows the trace even to that "original genesis" is truly something to behold. This is not the place to start for Derrida, but if you are interested in Derrida and Heidegger, this is the place to go."
"Contains one of the two most important writings by Derrida, "White Mythology." this essay is a little less accessible than "Plato's Pharmacy" from the book Dissemination, but still fairly clear. Requires a bit of reading on Aristotle, but fairly accessible parts. The notion is that philosophy is really a kind of mythology that has been bleached of its context and so becomes "pure." This essay has an extended discussion of metaphor and how metaphors play in philosophical texts. The goal is to show that philosophy, while aiming at truth, uses metaphor in the extreme to not only attempt to strip language of context (and therefore contextual meaning) but by doing so to create its own mythology (or truth) totally devoid of context. The essay is a very effective criticism of any ability to provide "philosophical" truth and a strong criticism of Western philosophy, at least up to Kant. The essay questions our ability to do philosophy at all and yet shows how everything we do is embedded in metaphor."
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