Philosophy of Derrida (Continental European Philosophy) Paperback

Philosophy of Derrida (Continental European Philosophy) Paperback

For more than forty years Jacques Derrida unsettled and challenged the presumptions underlying our most fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical conventions. In The Philosophy of Derrida, Mark Dooley and Liam Kavanagh provide a succinct overview of his core philosophical ideas and a balanced appraisal of their lasting impact. The authors' analysis of Derrida's writings, especially the objectives of deconstruction, make his work clearly accessible. Dooley and Kavanagh also situate Derrida within historicist, hermeneutic, and linguistic thought. From his early work on Husserl, Hegel, and de Saussure to his final writings on justice, hospitality, and cosmopolitanism, Derrida is shown to have been grappling with the question of national, cultural, and personal identity and the notion of whether a "pure" identity has any real efficacy. Rather than an iconoclast for whom deconstruction equalled destruction, the Derrida that emerges in this study sheds light on our historical constructions to reveal that there is much about ourselves that we do not know. Series editor: John Shand This series provides accessible and stimulating, introductions to the ideas of Continental thinkers who have shaped the fundamentals of European philosophical thought. Each book seeks to combine clarity with depth, introducing fresh insights and wider perspectives while also providing a comprehensive survey of each thinker's philosophical ideas. The series will include introductions to the philosophies of Gadamer, Heidegger, Deleuze, Habermas, Sartre, Husserl, Derrida, Nietzsche, Marx, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Kierkegaard. Mark Dooley teaches philosophy at the National University of Ireland (Maynooth) and is a former Newman Scholar of Theology at University College Dublin. Liam Kavanagh is adjunct professor, philosophy, at Villanova University (Pennsylvania). Used Book in Good Condition