Class Acts examines two often neglected aspects of Jacques
Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at
lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question
of the "speech act" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is
one doing when one speaks in public in these ways? The book follows
Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three
public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book
seeks to explain, in Montreal. In these lectures, Derrida
elaborated his critique of J. L. Austin and his own subsequent
redefinition of speech act theory. The book then gives an overview
of Derrida's teaching career and his famous "seminar"
presentations, along with his own explicit reflections on pedagogy
and educational institutions beginning in the mid-1970s. Naas then
shows through a reading of three recently published seminars-on
life death, theory and practice, and forgiveness-just how Derrida
the teacher interrogated and deployed speech act theory in his
seminars. Whether in a conference hall or a classroom, Naas
demonstrates, Derrida was always interested in the way spoken or
written words might do more than simply communicate some meaning or
intent but might give rise to something like an event. Class Acts
bears witness to the possibility of such events in Derrida's work
as a pedagogue and a public intellectual.
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