One of the most knowledgeable and provocative explicators of
Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasche, a philosopher by training,
demonstrates for the first time the systematic coherence of the
critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to merit close
attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure style.
Gasche shows that de Man's "reading" centers on a dimension of the
texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension
characterized by the "absolutely singular."
Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed
deconstructionists, Gasche differentiates between the two by
emphasizing Derrida's primary interest in "writing," and postulates
that the best way to come to terms with de Man's works is to "read"
them athwart the writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and
Derrida. He shows his respect for the "immanent logic" of de Man's
thought--which he lays out in great detail--while revealing his
uneasiness at the oddness of that thought and its consequences.
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