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  | | Derrida From Now On(4th Edition) (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (Paperback Unnumbered)) by Michael Naas Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2008 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2959-8, ISBN: 0-8232-2959-9 "Written in the wake of Jacques Derrida's death in 2004, Derrida From Now On attempts both to do justice to the memory of Derrida and to demonstrate the continuing significance of his work for contemporary philosophy and literary theory. If Derrida's thought is to remain relevant for us today, it must be at once understood in its original context and uprooted and transplanted elsewhere. Michael Naas thus begins with an analysis of Derrid ..." |
 | | Plato and the Invention of Life(1st Edition) (Paperback) by Michael Naas Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-7968-5, ISBN: 0-8232-7968-5 |
 | | The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments(1st Edition) Jacques Derrida's Final Seminar (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (FUP)) by Michael Naas Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2014 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-6329-5, ISBN: 0-8232-6329-0 "The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments follows the remarkable itinerary of Jacques Derrida's final seminar, "The Beast and the Sovereign" (2001-3), as the explicit themes of the seminar--namely, sovereignty and the question of the animal--come to be supplemented and interrupted by questions of death, mourning, survival, the archive, and, especially, the end of the world.The book begins with Derrida's analyses, in the first yea ..." |
 | | Miracle and Machine(1st Edition) Jacques Derrida and the Two Sources of Religion, Science, and the Media (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (FUP)) by Michael Naas Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2012 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-3998-6, ISBN: 0-8232-3998-5 "Miracle and Machine is a sort of "reader's guide" to Jacques Derrida's 1994-95 essay "faith and knowledge," his most important work on the nature of religion in general and on the unprecedented forms it is taking today through science and the media. It provides essential background for understanding Derrida's essay, commentary on its unique style and its central figures (e.g., Kant, Hegel, Bergson, and Heidegger), and assessment of its ..." |
 | | Taking on the Tradition(1st Edition) Jacques Derrida and the Legacies of Deconstruction (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Michael Naas Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-4422-5, ISBN: 0-8047-4422-X "Taking on the Tradition focuses on how the work of Jacques Derrida has helped us rethink and rework the themes of tradition, legacy, and inheritance in the Western philosophical tradition. It concentrates not only on such themes in the work of Derrida but also on his own gestures with regard to these themes—that is, on the performativity of Derrida's texts. The book thus uses Derrida's understanding of speech act theory to reread his ..." |
 | | Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas(1st Edition) (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Professor Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 1999 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-3275-8, ISBN: 0-8047-3275-2 "This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. For both thinkers, the word "adieu" names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say "adieu" at the moment of meeting) and that given at t ..." |
 | | Plato and the Invention of Life (Hardback) by Michael Naas Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-7967-8, ISBN: 0-8232-7967-7 "Beginning with a reading of Plato's Statesman, this work interrogates the relationship between life and being in Plato's thought." |
 | | Derrida From Now On(1st Edition) (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) by Michael Naas Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2008 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2958-1, ISBN: 0-8232-2958-0 "Written in the wake of Jacques Derrida's death in 2004, Derrida From Now On attempts both to do justice to the memory of Derrida and to demonstrate the continuing significance of his work for contemporary philosophy and literary theory. If Derrida's thought is to remain relevant for us today, it must be at once understood in its original context and uprooted and transplanted elsewhere. Michael Naas thus begins with an analysis of Derrid ..." |
 | | The Truth of Democracy(1st Edition) (Just Ideas) by Jean-Luc Nancy, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault, Jean-Marie Nancy Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2010 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-3245-1, ISBN: 0-8232-3245-X "The initial provocation for The Truth of Democracy was the fortieth anniversary of May ’68 and the recent criticism (some by French President Nicolas Sarkozy himself) leveled against the ideals and actors at the center of this important but still misunderstood moment in French history. Nancy here defends what he calls simply “68” without apology or equivocation, calling it an essential stage in the search for the “truth of democracy.” L ..." |
 | | Athens, Still Remains(1st Edition) The Photographs of Jean-François Bonhomme by Deceased Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2010 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-3206-2, ISBN: 0-8232-3206-9 "Athens, Still Remains is an extended commentary on a series of photographs of contemporary Athens by the French photographer Jean-François Bonhomme. But in Derrida's hands commentary always has a way of unfolding or, better, developing in several unexpected and mutually illuminating directions.First published in French and Greek in 1996, Athens, Still Remains is Derrida's most sustained analysis of the photographic medium in relationsh ..." |
 | | Oxford Literary Review Special Issues EUP Ser. The Truth in Photography Vol. 32, Issue 2 : Oxford Literary Review by Michael Naas Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-4252-6, ISBN: 0-7486-4252-8 "From the very invention of photography in the early part of the nineteenth century right up through the most recent developments in photography through digital technology, theorists have never stopped asking whether there is in fact any truth at all in photography. The essays collected in this volume consider this and related questions (for example, the relationship between photography and representation, history, time, narrative, memor ..." |
 | | Learning to Live Finally The Last Interview (The Last Interview Series) by Deceased Jacques Derrida, Pascal-Anne Brault, Michael Naas, Professor Jacques Derrida Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Melville House ISBN-13: 978-1-61219-094-5, ISBN: 1-61219-094-4 "With death looming, Jacques Derrida, the world's most famous philosopher, known as the father of "deconstruction," sat down with journalist Jean Birnbaum of the French daily Le Monde. They revisited his life's work and his impending death in a long, surprisingly accessible, and moving final interview. Sometimes called "obscure" and branded "abstruse" by his critics, the Derrida found in this book is open and engaging, reflecting o ..." |
 | | Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas(1st Edition) (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 1999 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-3267-3, ISBN: 0-8047-3267-1 "This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. For both thinkers, the word adieu names a fundamental characteristic of human being: the salutation or benediction prior to all constative language (in certain circumstances, one can say adieu at the moment of meeting) and that given at the ..." |
 | | Resistances of Psychoanalysis(1st Edition) (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Professor Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Peggy Kamuf, Pascale-Anne Brault, Michael . Translators, Jacques Derrida, Etc. Jacques Derrida, Professor Peggy Kamuf, Jaques Derrida. Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1998 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-3019-8, ISBN: 0-8047-3019-9 "In the three essays that make up this stimulating and often startling book, Jacques Derrida argues against the notion that the basic ideas of psychoanalysis have been thoroughly worked through, argued, and assimilated. The continuing interest in psychoanalysis is here examined in the various "resistances" to analysis―conceived not only as a phenomenon theorized at the heart of psychoanalysis, but as psychoanalysis's resistance to itself ..." |
 | | Miracle and Machine Jacques Derrida and the Two Sources of Religion, Science, and the Media (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) by Michael Naas Hardcover, 428 Pages, Published 2012 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-3997-9, ISBN: 0-8232-3997-7 "Miracle and Machine is a sort of GCGBPreaderGCOs guideGC[yen] to Jacques DerridaGCOs 1994GCo95 essay GCGBPfaith and knowledge,GC[yen] his most important work on the nature of religion in general and on the unprecedented forms it is taking today through science and the media. It provides essential background for understanding DerridaGCOs essay, commentary on its unique style and its central figures (e.g., Kant, Hegel, Bergson, and Heideg ..." |
 | | Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.(1st Edition) Taking on the Tradition : Jacques Derrida and the Legacies of Deconstruction by Michael Naas Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-4421-8, ISBN: 0-8047-4421-1 |
 | | The Work of Mourning(1st Edition) by Professor Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-14281-4, ISBN: 0-226-14281-7 "Jacques Derrida is, in the words of the "New York Times," "perhaps the world's most famous philosopher-if not the only famous philosopher." He often provokes controversy as soon as his name is mentioned. But he also inspires the respect that comes from an illustrious career, and, among many who were his colleagues and peers, he inspired friendship. "The Work of Mourning" is a collection that honors those friendships in the wake of passi ..." |
 | | The Work of Mourning(1st Edition) by Jacques Derrida, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault, Derek Attridge, Depaul University, Usa Brault Translator, Usa Naas Translator, Usa Brault Traductor, Usa Naas Traductor Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-14316-3, ISBN: 0-226-14316-3 "Jacques Derrida is, in the words of the New York Times, "perhaps the world's most famous philosopher—if not the only famous philosopher." He often provokes controversy as soon as his name is mentioned. But he also inspires the respect that comes from an illustrious career, and, among many who were his colleagues and peers, he inspired friendship. The Work of Mourning is a collection that honors those friendships in the wake of passing.G ..." |
 | | Meridian(1st Edition) Crossing Aesthetics Ser.: Resistances of Psychoanalysis by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf, Michael Naas, Pascale-Anne Brault Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 1998 by Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-3018-1, ISBN: 0-8047-3018-0 "In the three essays that make up this stimulating and often startling book, Jacques Derrida argues against the notion that the basic ideas of psychoanalysis have been thoroughly worked through, argued, and assimilated. The continuing interest in psychoanalysis is here examined in the various "resistances" to analysis―conceived not only as a phenomenon theorized at the heart of psychoanalysis, but as psychoanalysis's resistance to itself ..." |
 | | Deconstructing the Death Penalty(1st Edition) Derrida's Seminars and the New Abolitionism by Kelly Oliver, Stephanie Straub, Katie Chenoweth, Lisa Guenther, Christina Howells, Kir Kuiken, Elissa Marder, Michael Naas, Elizabeth Rottenberg, Kas Saghafi, Sarah Tyson, Peggy Kamuf, Adam Thurschwell, Nicole Anderson, Fordham University Press Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2018 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-8011-7, ISBN: 0-8232-8011-X "This volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derrida’s final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. Deconstructing the Death Penalty provides remarkable insight into Derrida’s ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derrida’s thought on cap ..." |
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