On Touching-Jean-Luc Nancy by Jacques Derrida

On Touching-Jean-Luc Nancy by Jacques Derrida

This book, written out of Derrida's long-standing friendship with Jean-Luc Nancy, examines the central place accorded to the sense of touch in the Western philosophical tradition.

"The translation of On Touching: Jean-Luc Nancy is a momentous event, for this is one of the greatest, most important works in Derrida's immense oeuvreIt undertakes nothing less than a deconstruction of the phenomenological principle of principles, intuitionism, and the touchstone experience called touching. In a circulation through the history of philosophy since Aristotle up to the work of his contemporary and beloved friend Jean-Luc Nancy, the epochal thinker of touch, this book comes from and goes to the very heart of Derrida's thought."
—Peggy Kamuf,
University of Southern California

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Professor of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Among the most recent of his many books to have been translated into English are Rogues (2005), Eyes of the University (2004), For What Tomorrow... with Elisabeth Roudinesco (2004), Counterpath with Catherine Malabou (2004), Negotiations (2002), Who's Afraid of Philosophy? (2002), and Without Alibi (2002). All of these have been published by the Stanford University Press.

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ISBN 13	9780804742436
ISBN 10	080474243X
Title	On Touching-Jean-Luc Nancy
Author	Jacques Derrida
Series	Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Stanford University Press
Year published	2005-08-16
Number of pages	400
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