Deconstruction : Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415280099 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 248 str.

Christopher Norris; C. Norris;Norris Christop

Opis

Academic game? Dangerous weapon? The most important development in 20th-century literary studies? Setting out to shake not only literary critical assumptions but the very foundations of Western thought, deconstruction remains one of the most controversial yet crucial strands of contemporary critical theory. Norris's book sets out to make deconstruction more accessible to the open-minded reader. The volume focuses upon the texts of Jacques Derrida which gave rise to this seismic shift in critical thought, as well as the work of North American critics Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom. Inherent in the very idea of deconstruction, however, is the need to revisit, rethink, reassess.

Spis treści

General editor’s preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Roots: structuralism and New Criticism, 2 Jacques Derrida: language against itself, 3 From voice to text: Derrida’s critique of philosophy, 4 Nietzsche: philosophy and deconstruction, 5 Between Marx and Nietzsche: the politics of deconstruction, 6 The American connection, 7 Conclusion: dissenting voices, Afterword (1991): further thoughts on deconstruction, postmodernism and the politics of theory, Postscript to the third (2002) edition, Notes for further reading (1982), Bibliography (including works cited), Index

O autorze

Christopher Norris is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff, Wales.