Derrida: A Guide for the Perplexed 1st Edition

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Continuum?s Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Jacques Derrida is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings, his lectures and his involvement in a number of political causes have transformed the way in which literature and cultural studies are taught, yet his work has often met with incomprehension, hostility and fear. This guide provides students with a clear, unintimidating introduction to Derrida, the key concepts and ideas associated with his work and the major subjects he addresses. Without assuming any prior knowledge of Derrida?s work or literary theory more widely, the guide introduces Derrida?s ideas, work, reception and his wider philosophical and critical influence. About the Author Julian Wolfreys is Senior Lecturer of Victorian Literary and Cultural Studies at Loughborough University, UK. He is author and editor of numerous books and articles. Table of Contents Introduction Jacques Derrida ? ?un resau de traces? confessions autobiothanatography this, therefore, will not have been ?Jacques Derrida? Deconstruction ? Remains: to be thought or, deconstruction (is not) what you think (it is) construing deconstruction: de construrer/de constructionem performativity taking off from de-construction or, leaving home: de lobia beyond enclosure: de finire post cards, envois Diff?rance and Writing a letter, literally a literal mnemonic Derrida after Saussure spacing and temporality writing, supplement? and ?la brisure? trace and arche-writing khora Art ? (Writing in [excess of]) Representation reflecting on a portrait or, drawing forth framing the subject subjectile trait passe-partout mimesis loose threads representation Literature and Being to literatize or, the equivocal seventh invention, singularity, historicity being-circular or, where one is, in literature being in literature literature is citation as if the barn and the bonfire: the example of Hardy spectrality being-haunted, in other words