Synopses & Reviews
Jacques Derrida has had a huge influence on contemporary political theory and political philosophy. Derrida's thinking has inspired Slavoj Zizek, Richard Rorty, Ernesto Laclau, Judith Butler and many more contemporary theorists. This book brings together a first class line up of Derrida scholars to develop a deconstructive approach to politics. Deconstruction examines the internal logic of any given text or discourse. It helps us analyse the contradictions inherent in all schools of thought, and as such it has proved revolutionary in political analysis, particularly ideology critique. This book is ideal for all students of political theory, and anyone looking for an accessible guide to Derrida's thinking and how it can be used as a radical tool for political analysis.
Review
'In this fine collection a group of distinguished scholars have produced the best book so far about Derrida's politics of the future.' --J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California at Irvine
Synopsis
'The best book so far about Derrida's politics of the future.' --J. Hillis Miller, University of California
Synopsis
Leading scholars discuss ideology and hotly contested post-structuralist theory.
About the Author
Martin McQuillan is Pro-Dean of Research in the Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communication at the University of Leeds. He is the author, along with Eleanor Byrne, of Deconstructing Disney (Pluto, 1999), Paul de Man (2000) and editor of Deconstruction: A Reader (2000), The Narrative Reader (2000), and Theorising Muriel Spark: Gender, Race, Deconstruction (2002) and co-editor of Post-Theory: New Directions in Criticism (1999).
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Day After Tomorrow Or, the Deconstruction of the Future, by Martin McQuillan
1. Demo, by Geoffrey Bennington - Emroy University
2. On the Multiple Senses of Democracy, by Jean-Luc Nancy - University of Strasbourg
3. The Art of the Impossible?, by Derek Attridge - University of York
4. Impossible Speech Acts, by Andrew Parker - Amherst College
5. The Crisis of Critique, by Robert Bernasconi - Memphis University
6. The Popularity of