1st Edition

Deconstruction: A Reader

Edited By Martin McQuillan Copyright 2000
    596 Pages
    by Routledge

    596 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Martin McQuillan

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