The effects of Derrida's writings have been widespread in literary circles, where they have transformed current work in literary theory. By contrast Derrida's philosophical writings--which deal with the whole range of western thought from Plato to Foucault--have not received adequate attention by philosophers. Organized around Derrida's readings of major figures in the history of philosophy, Derrida and Deconstruction focuses on and assesses his specifically philosophical contribution. Contemporary continental philosophers assess Derrida's account...

The topic of foundations has long been the focus of philosophical debate. Critiques of the claim to absolute knowledge, to ultimate ground, and to essential truth have called into question the very desire and need for founding principles. The concept of foundation has itself come under extensive scrutiny.

Gender Consciousness and Politics is a comprehensive study of American women's political behaviour and attitudes. Using political philosophy, political psychology, history, feminist theory and the anglo-american literary tradition, the author sets the context for an understanding of women's politicization as the result of gender consciousness - the recognition that one's status, roles and attitudes are significantly shaped by the fact of one's sex and the way one's culture regards gender. Broader than a single feminist ideology, gender consciousness includes not only feminist attitudes, but...

The Super Bowl is the annual American rite. Around the country, friends gather together around the television with beer and potato chips and gear up for the game of the season. This text integrates newspaper clips, quotes from players both on and off the field, NFL rules and regulations, photographers' first-person accounts of their experiences, along with photographs and a series of critical essays heading each chapter. A humorous, and at times disturbing, portrait, the book aims to provide a peek at a different side of this enormously popular event.

Traces the theoretical itinerary of the signifier in the continental tradition. The text provides links for cultural studies to the philosophical, the literary, the historical and the social. Understood semiotically, cultural signs and signifiers are inscribed in the fabric of cultural practices. Cultural semiosis enters the spaces of everyday language, visuality, sexuality and symbolization. These original essays interpret and provide tools for the understanding of cultural studies within a philosophical framework.

Philosophy has for centuries investigated the question of desire for another person, for happiness, for knowledge, for transcendence, and so on. This volume attempts to sort out the various ways in which desire happens through readings of contemporary figures such as Bataille, sartre, de Beauvoir, Levinas, Irigaray, Barthes, Derrida and Deleuze.

Philosophy has for centuries investigated the question of desire for another person, for happiness, for knowledge, for transcendence, and so on. This volume attempts to sort out the various ways in which desire happens through readings of contemporary figures such as Bataille, sartre, de Beauvoir, Levinas, Irigaray, Barthes, Derrida and Deleuze.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.