The Essential Derrida by Paul Strathern
Derrida is the last in the long tradition of recalcitrant French intellectuals, stretching from Rousseau, through Sartre, to Foucault. Typically, he disagrees with all his predecessors. His close philosophical scrutiny led him to formulate the notion of "deconstruction". According to Derrida, this "should seek a new investigation of responsibility, questioning the codes inherited from ethics and politics". "The Virgin Philosophers Series" covers the lives and ideas of the major philosophers. Author Paul Strathern highlights the major advances in philosophy, as well as the men who conceived them and the times in which they lived. Containing quotes, insights and anecdotes, the aim of the series is to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader.
'These [books] have changed my life....They tell you exactly what you want to know and no more.' AA Gill, Sunday Times; 'Well-written, clear and informed' New York Times
Paul Strathern is a professional writer, a former Somerset Maugham prize winner and author of five novels, as well as biographies and travel books. As a university lecturer, he taught philosophy, but also mathematics and modern Italian poetry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753507858 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753507854 |
| Title | The Essential Derrida |
| Author | Paul Strathern |
| Series | Virgin Philosophers S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
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