The Philosophy of Derrida
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The Philosophy of Derrida by Liam Kavanagh
For more than forty years Jacques Derrida has attempted to unsettle and disturb the presumptions underlying many of our most fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical conventions. In The Philosophy of Derrida, Mark Dooley examines Derrida's large body of work to provide an overview of his core philosophical ideas and a balanced appraisal of their lasting impact. One of the author's primary aims is to make accessible Derrida's writings by discussing them in a vernacular that renders them less opaque and nebulous. Derrida's unusual writing style, which mixes literary and philosophical vocabularies, is shown to have hindered their interpretation and translation. Dooley situates Derrida squarely in the tradition of historicist, hermeneutic and linguistic thought, and Derrida's objectives and those of deconstruction are rendered considerably more convincing.
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).
Liam Kavanagh is adjunct professor, philosophy, at Villanova University (Pennsylvania).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780773532359 |
| ISBN 10 | 0773532358 |
| Title | The Philosophy of Derrida |
| Author | Mark Dooley |
| Series | Continental European Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 2007-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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