The Politics of Deconstruction - Jacques Derrida and the Other of Philosophy (Paperback)

The work of Jacques Derrida has been of singular importance in the development of contemporary political theory and political philosophy, being a major influence and inspiration to Slavoj Zizek, Richard Rorty, Ernesto Laclau, Judith Butler and many more contemporary thinkers. This text brings together a truly first class line up of Derrida scholars who are developing a deconstructive approach to politics. Deconstruction is an immanent critique, looking at the internal logic of any given text or discourse, revealing how particular concepts are established as authoritative principles through a variety of textual and rhetorical devices. A deconstructive reading would then expose how an apparently authoritative concept, when looked at closely, is contradictory and contingent on a host of external relations - with the effect of undermining the force of the text or discourse from which the concept originates. Such a critical method has proved revolutionary in much political analysis, particularly ideology critique.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	October 2007
Editors:	Martin McQuillan
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-2674-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Postmodernism > Structuralism, deconstruction, post-structuralism Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	0-7453-2674-9
Barcode:	9780745326740

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