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Explores the biographical, historical and philosophical connections
between Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault Derrida and Foucault
are unquestionably two of the most influential philosophers of the
20th century. Both share a similar motivation to challenge our
fundamental structures of meaning - in texts, political structures,
and epistemic and discursive practices - in order to inspire new
ways of thinking. Between Foucault and Derrida explores the
notorious Cogito debate and includes: the central articles, an
important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade, along with a letter
Foucault wrote to Beyssade in response - both these pieces
available for the first time in English translation. In the second
part of the book, 10 essays written by some of the most well-known
scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the
various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two
profoundly important thinkers. The first collection of the central
essays involved in the Cogito debate between Foucault and Derrida
Includes the first English translations of Jean-Marie Beyssade's
important 1973 article on the debate and Foucault's letter in
response to it Some of the best-known scholars working in
continental philosophy today examine where Foucault and Derrida
converge and diverge, and how they ultimately shaped each other's
projects Contributors Amy Allen - Ellen Armour - Yubraj Aryal -
Jean-Marie Beyssade - Vernon W. Cisney - Jacques Derrida - Fred
Evans - Michele Foucault - Peter Gratton - Leonard Lawlor - Edward
McGushin - Nicolae Morar - Jeff Nealon - Christopher Penfield -
Arkady Plotnitsk - Paul Rekret - Alan Schrift
Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault are unquestionably two of the
most influential philosophers of the 20th century. Both share a
similar motivation to challenge our fundamental structures of
meaning - in texts, political structures, and epistemic and
discursive practices - in order to inspire new ways of thinking.
Between Foucault and Derrida explores the notorious Cogito debate,
an argument between the two thinkers about the idea of madness in
Descartes' Meditations. The first half of the book reproduces the
central articles plus an important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade and
a letter Foucault wrote to Beyssade in response both these pieces
available for the first time in English translation. In the second
half of the book, four essays by some of the most well-known
scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the
various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two
profoundly important thinkers.
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