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Derrida and the Political.

Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential, controversial and complex thinkers of our time, has come to be at the centre of many political debates. This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derrida's deconstruction. It is a timely response both to Derrida's own rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beardsworth, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Thinking the political.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Derrida and the Political; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction; 1. From Language to Law, an Opening onto Judgement: Saussure, Kafka, Derrida; Introduction; The trace, the violence of institution; Law, judgement and singularity; 2. The Political Limit of Logic and the Promise of Democracy: Kant, Hegel, Derrida; Introduction; Modernity and violence; The limit of modernity; The logic of Kantian morality; Hegel's critique of Kant; Contradiction, aporia and the fate of law; 3. Aporia of Time, Aporia of Law: Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida.
  • IntroductionHeidegger's thinking of aporia: a politics of authentic temporality; Levinas's thinking of aporia and the fate of the ethical; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.