The Event of the Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism

Jacques Derrida's writings often embed the key themes of deconstruction in a notion of the thing. The Event of the Thing is the most complete examination to date of Derrida's understanding of thinghood and its crucial role in psychoanalysis, ethics, literary theory, aesthetics, and Marxism...

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Beteilige Person: Marder, Michael 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press [2017]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688049
Zusammenfassung:Jacques Derrida's writings often embed the key themes of deconstruction in a notion of the thing. The Event of the Thing is the most complete examination to date of Derrida's understanding of thinghood and its crucial role in psychoanalysis, ethics, literary theory, aesthetics, and Marxism. Arguing that the thing, as a figure of otherness, destabilizes the metaphysical edifice it underlies, Michael Marder reveals the contributions it makes to critiques of humanism and idealism. Subsequently, the new realism that emerges from deconstruction holds the possibility of an event that problematizes all attempts to objectify the thing. An illuminating analysis of Derrida and phenomenology, The Event of the Thing is an innovative and compelling study of a crucial aspect of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers
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ISBN:9781442688049
DOI:10.3138/9781442688049