Is there life after theory? If the death of the Author has now been followed by the death of the Theorist, what's left? Indeed, who's left? To explore such riddles Life. After.Theory brings together new interviews with four theorists who are left, each a major figure in their own right: Jacques Derrida, Frank Kermode, Toril Moi, and Christopher Norris.
Framed and introduced by Michael Payne and John Schad, the interviews pursue a whole range of topics, both familiar and unfamiliar. Among other things, Derrida, Kermode, Moi and Norris discuss being an outsider, taking responsibility,...
Is there life after theory? If the death of the Author has now been followed by the death of the Theorist, what's left? Indeed, who's left? To expl...
"In Dissemination - more than in any previous work - Derrida weav es] a complex pattern of puns, verbal echoes and allusions, intended to 'deconstruct' both the pretension of criticism to tell the truth about literature, and the pretension of philosophy to be the literature of truth." - New Statesman
Jacques Derrida (1930-) is Professor of Philosophy at Ecole Normale SupErieure, Paris. Regarded as the founding father of Deconstruction, his influence on contemporary thought has been enormous. His impact on philosophy and literary criticism was assured by the publication of Speech and...
"In Dissemination - more than in any previous work - Derrida weav es] a complex pattern of puns, verbal echoes and allusions, intended to 'deconstr...
Poslední sbírka poezie literárního vědce, rusisty, překladatele a básníka Jiřího Honzíka je ohlédnutím za životem člověka, kde se motivy milostné prolínají s konečností bytí.
Jiří Honzík se narodil 19. dubna 1924 v Košumberku u Chrudimi. V roce 1950 absolvoval literární historii na Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy, kde působil následně jako aspirant a odborný asistent. Od roku 1972, kdy musel z univerzity odejít, je překladatelem a literárním histo¬rikem ve svobodném povolání. Publikuje od roku 1945 v novinách i časopisech, je...
Poslední sbírka poezie literárního vědce, rusisty, překladatele a básníka Jiřího Honzíka je ohlédnutím za životem člověka, kde se moti...
First published in 1972, Dissemination contains three of Derrida's most central and seminal works: 'Plato's Pharmacy', 'The Double Session' and 'Dissemination'. The essays present a re-evaluation of the logic of meaning and the function of writing in Western discourse and explore the relationship and interplay between language, literature and philosophy. The text includes a substantial introduction and additional notes on the text by Barbara Johnson.
First published in 1972, Dissemination contains three of Derrida's most central and seminal works: 'Plato's Pharmacy', 'The Double Session' and 'Disse...
"The English version of Dissemination is] an able translation by Barbara Johnson . . . . Derrida's central contention is that language is haunted by dispersal, absence, loss, the risk of unmeaning, a risk which is starkly embodied in all writing. The distinction between philosophy and literature therefore becomes of secondary importance. Philosophy vainly attempts to control the irrecoverable dissemination of its own meaning, it strives--against the grain of language--to offer a sober revelation of truth. Literature--on the other hand--flaunts its own meretriciousness, abandons itself...
"The English version of Dissemination is] an able translation by Barbara Johnson . . . . Derrida's central contention is that language is haun...