Beschreibung:
This volume brings together some of the most well-known and highly respected commentators on the work of Jacques Derrida from Britain and America in a series of essays written to commemorate the life and come to terms with the death of one of the most important intellectual presences of our time.
Preface Simon Glendinning 1. Derrida: The Reader Simon Critchley 2. Derrida's Singularity: Literature and Ethics Derek Attridge 3. In the Event Geoffrey Bennington 4. Derrida's Event Nicholas Royle 5. Metaphor and Derrida's Philosophy of Language, David Cooper 6. Derrida and Technology Christopher Johnson 7. Derrida and Legacies of the Holocaust Robert Eaglestone 8. Derrida One Day Rachel Bowlby 9. Derrida and the New International Alex Callinicos 10. Derrida's Irony? Marian Hobson 11. Presence, Truth and Authenticity Thomas Baldwin 12. Derrida's America Michael Naas 13. The Affect of America Peggy Kamuf