Synopses & Reviews
Explores the biographical, historical and philosophical connections between Jacques Derrida and Michel FoucaultDerrida 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 addition, 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.
Synopsis
Reproduces the Cogito debate: the central articles written by Foucault and Derrida, and the correspondence between Jean-Marie Beyssade and Foucault. In the second part of the book, 10 essays by well-known contemporary continental philosophers address the intersections and divergences between Foucault and Derrida.
Synopsis
Explores the biographical, historical and philosophical connections between Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault 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.
About the Author
Yubraj Aryal is Adjunct Faculty in Philosophy and Literature and Comparative Literature at Purdue University. He is also the editor of
Journal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry. Dr. Aryal has interviewed Brian Massumi, Kwami Anthony Appiah, Lauren Berlant, Paul Patton, Richard Rorty, Robert Young and others.
Vernon W. Cisney is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College. He is the author of Biopower and Biopolitics: A Genealogical Landscape of the Present (SUNY, forthcoming). He is co-editor of Biopower: Foucault and Beyond (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming), The Way of Nature and the Way of Grace: Philosophical Footholds on the Way of Life (Northwestern University Press). He is co-translating Monnaie Vivante by Pierre Klossowski for Bloomsbury Academic.
Nicolae Morar is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Biology and an Associate Member of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at University of Oregon.