Deconstruction: A Reader

by Martin McQuillan (Editor)

Overview

Philosophers 'do' 'it', literary critics 'do' 'it', even architects, poets, painters 'do' 'it'. It can involve the concepts of capital, politics, and justice. So what, after all, is deconstruction? Deconstruction: A Reader makes an answer to this question available in the only way possible - by offering a selection of breathtaking range and depth of essential texts. With more than sixty selections by fifty contributors, including nine pieces by Jacques Derrida, this is the ultimate anthology of deconstructive reading, demonstrating that deconstruction is vivid, surprising, varied, and true to the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351569972
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/25/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	596
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Martin McQuillan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements A Map of This Book Introduction: Five Strategies for Deconstruction Martin McQuillan Part 1: Avant la Lettre Part 2: Opening Remarks Part 3 Philosophy Part 4: Literature Part 5: Culture Part 6: Sexual Difference Part 7: Psychoanalysis Part 8: Politics Part 9: Ethics Part 10: The Work of Mourning Part 11: Closing Statements Bibliography 1: Jacques Derrida Bibliography 2: Key Publications of Contributing Authors

Editorial Reviews

"This is an excellent collection and will be extremely helpful to students." —Fred W. Burnett, Anderson University, Religious Studies Review

From the Publisher

This is an excellent volume. McQuillan has balanced nicely well-known texts by Derrida or others with texts that are hard to find, untranslated into English, or even still unpublished. A very useful volume not only for those who need an introduction to deconstruction, but as well for scholars who will be able quickly to find these essays and discover others they did not know.

Peggy Kamuf