Margins of Philosophy

by Jacques Derrida, Alan Bass (Translator)

Overview

"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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226143262
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	02/15/1984
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	875,248
Product dimensions:	5.87(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Several of his books have been published in their English translation by the University of Chicago Press.

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