The Impossible Mourning of Jacques Derrida by Sean Gaston

The Impossible Mourning of Jacques Derrida by Sean Gaston

At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. But how does one respond to the death of Jacques Derrida? How does one mourn for Derrida, who spent thirty years warning of the dangers of mourning, while insisting that mourning is both unavoidable and impossible? In this original and engaging response to Derrida's death, Sean Gaston re-examines his own relationship with this great thinker and traces his own mourning, while examining the very nature of mourning in Derrida's work. Written in the immediate aftermath of Derrida's death, this insightful and touching account offers a fresh analysis of a vital element of Derrida's thought and a genuine reflection on the implications of Derrida's death for how we will now address his work.

"'As I closed the book I came across Derrida's last letter to me.. As I stared at the envelope with Derrida's signature on the upper left hand corner and at my own name and address in his handwriting, and read the short gracious letter again, I thought, what I am feeling now - reading the traces of one who has just died - this was what Derrida meant by writing... There and not there. Still here and, already, not here.' Sean Gaston, After Derrida"

Sean Gaston is a Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Melbourne and author of Derrida and Disinterest (Continuum, 2005).

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ISBN 13	9780826490353
ISBN 10	0826490352
Title	The Impossible Mourning of Jacques Derrida
Author	Sean Gaston
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2006-05-01
Number of pages	162
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