The Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas - Couverture souple

Critchley, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 074868932X ISBN 13 : 9780748689323

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

I celebrate this third edition of the classic book on ethics and deconstruction that Critchley published over twenty years ago and which has been widely reread and reviewed both in the English-speaking world and well beyond it. This book was pathbreaking, for it started a whole line of reflection on the possible ethical implications of Derrida's work, that Derrida himself encouraged in his later writings. Critchley's book remains as crucial for the interpretation of deconstruction as it was in its original version and I arnestly encourage a careful reading of its main theses. --Ernesto Laclau, Emeritus Professor, University of Essex

On its first appearance The Ethics of Deconstruction not only helped to shape the English reception of both Levinas and Derrida, but it also contributed to a reorienting of continental philosophy toward ethical issues. The book was timely when it first appeared and has not lost any of its initial relevance today. In fact with the additional material added to this edition it is now all the more valuable. --Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Penn State University

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is an expanded edition of the first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work. Simon Critchley's first book, The Ethics of Deconstruction, was originally published to great acclaim in 1992. It was the first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work and to show as powerfully as possible how deconstruction has persuasive ethical consequences that are vital to our thinking through of questions of politics and democracy. This new edition contains three new appendices and a new preface where Critchley reflects upon the origins, motivation and reception of The Ethics of Deconstruction.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 074868932X
• ISBN 13: 9780748689323
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 352