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Margins of Philosophy » (Reprint)

Book cover image of Margins of Philosophy by Jacques Derrida

Authors: Jacques Derrida, Alan Bass
ISBN-13: 9780226143262, ISBN-10: 0226143260
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: February 1984
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: Jacques Derrida

Book Synopsis

"In this densely imbricated volume Derrida pursues his devoted, relentless dismantling of the philosophical tradition, the tradition of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger—each dealt with in one or more of the essays. There are essays too on linguistics (Saussure, Benveniste, Austin) and on the nature of metaphor ("White Mythology"), the latter with important implications for literary theory. Derrida is fully in control of a dazzling stylistic register in this book—a source of true illumination for those prepared to follow his arduous path. Bass is a superb translator and annotator. His notes on the multilingual allusions and puns are a great service."—Alexander Gelley, Library Journal

Table of Contents

Translator's Note
Tympan
Différance
Note on a Note from Being and Time
The Pit and the Pyramid: Introduction to Hegel's Semiology
The Ends of Man
The Linguistic Circle of Geneva
Form and Meaning: A Note on the Phenomenology of Language
The Supplement of Copula: Philosophy before Linguistics
White Mythology: Metaphor in the Text of Philosophy
Qual Quelle: Valéry's Sources
Signature Event Context

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