The Ethics of Deconstruction : Derrida and Levinas
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0748689311
ISBN-13
9780748689316
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 19th, 2014
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
672 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.10 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
PhilosophyEthics & moral philosophyPopular philosophy
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The first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work, this new edition contains three new appendixes and a new preface where Critchley reflects upon the origins, motivation and reception of 'The Ethics of Deconstruction'.
The Ethics of Deconstruction, Simon Critchley''s first book, was originally published to great acclaim in 1992. The first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida''s work, it powerfully shows how deconstruction has persuasive ethical consequences that are vital to our thinking through of questions of politics and democracy.
Moving away from using deconstruction to find the contradictions inherent in any text, Critchley concerns himself with the philosophical context the ethical impetus Derrida''s ethics to be understood in relation to his engagement with the work of Levinas, and lays out the details of their philosophical confrontation.
New for this edition: A new preface where Critchley reveals the origins, motivations, and reception of The Ethics of Deconstruction, plus three new appendices, which reflect upon and deppend the book''s argument.
Moving away from using deconstruction to find the contradictions inherent in any text, Critchley concerns himself with the philosophical context the ethical impetus Derrida''s ethics to be understood in relation to his engagement with the work of Levinas, and lays out the details of their philosophical confrontation.
New for this edition: A new preface where Critchley reveals the origins, motivations, and reception of The Ethics of Deconstruction, plus three new appendices, which reflect upon and deppend the book''s argument.
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