Saussure, Derrida, and the Metaphysics of Subjectivity
Author: Robert M. Strozier
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-08-06
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 3110848171
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What if Derrida was wrong about Saussure?
Author: Russell Daylight
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2012-03-14
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0748687505
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an examination of Derrida's philosophical reconstruction of Saussurean linguistics, of the paradigm shift from structuralism to post-structuralism, and of the consequences that continue to resonate in every field of the humanities today.
Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject
Author: Simon Lumsden
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014-08-26
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0231538200
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Poststructuralists hold Hegel responsible for giving rise to many of modern philosophy's problematic concepts—the authority of reason, self-consciousness, the knowing subject. Yet, according to Simon Lumsden, this animosity is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of Hegel's thought, and resolving this tension can not only heal the rift between poststructuralism and German idealism but also point these traditions in exciting new directions. Revisiting the philosopher's key texts, Lumsden calls attention to Hegel's reformulation of liberal and Cartesian conceptions of subjectivity, identifying a critical though unrecognized continuity between poststructuralism and German idealism. Poststructuralism forged its identity in opposition to idealist subjectivity; however, Lumsden argues this model is not found in Hegel's texts but in an uncritical acceptance of Heidegger's characterization of Hegel and Fichte as "metaphysicians of subjectivity." Recasting Hegel as both post-Kantian and postmetaphysical, Lumsden sheds new light on this complex philosopher while revealing the surprising affinities between two supposedly antithetical modes of thought.
Saussure's Philosophy of Language as Phenomenology
Author: Beata Stawarska
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0190213027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book draws on recent developments in research on Ferdinand de Saussure's general linguistics to challenge the structuralist doctrine associated with the posthumous Course in General Linguistics (1916) and to develop a new philosophical interpretation of Saussure's conception of language based solely on authentic source materials. This project follows two new editorial paradigms: 1. a critical re-examination of the 1916 Course in light of the relevant sources and 2. a reclamation of the historically authentic materials from Saussure's Nachlass, some of them recently discovered. In Stawarska's book, this editorial paradigm shift serves to expose the difficulties surrounding the official Saussurean doctrine with its sets of oppositional pairings: the signifier and the signified; la langue and la parole; synchrony and diachrony. The book therefore puts pressure not only on the validity of the posthumous editorial redaction of Saussure's course in general linguistics in the Course, but also on its structuralist and post-structuralist legacy within the works of Levi-Strauss, Lacan, and Derrida. Its constructive contribution consists in reclaiming the writings from Saussure's Nachlass in the service of a linguistic phenomenology, which intersects individual expression in the present with historically sedimented social conventions. Stawarska develops such a conception of language by engaging Saussure's own reflections with relevant writings by Hegel, Husserl, Roman Jakobson, and Merleau-Ponty. Finally, she enriches her philosophical critique with a detailed historical account of the material and institutional processes that led to the ghostwriting and legitimizing the Course as official Saussurean doctrine.
The Barren Epistemology of Jacques Derrida
Author: Peter Bornedal
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2024-01-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 166692718X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From a Nietzschean perspective, the author disputes the often-postulated lineage between Nietzsche and Derrida. Peter Bornedal argues instead that they have very different epistemological programs: the deconstructionist and postmodernist projects undermine beliefs in reason and logic in a manner that cannot be found in Nietzsche.
Margins of Philosophy
Author: Jacques Derrida
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780226143262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"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
Jacques Derrida (Routledge Revivals)
Author: William Schultz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-06-17
Total Pages: 663
ISBN-13: 1315470233
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1992, this book represents the first major attempt to compile a bibliography of Derrida’s work and scholarship about his work. It attempts to be comprehensive rather than selective, listing primary and secondary works from the year of Derrida’s Master’s thesis in 1954 up until 1991, and is extensively annotated. It arranges under article type a huge number of works from scholars across numerous fields — reflecting the interdisciplinary and controversial nature of Deconstruction. The substantial introduction and annotations also make this bibliography, in part, a critical guide and as such will make a highly useful reference tool for those studying his philosophy.
A Rationalist Critique of Deconstruction: Demystifying Poststructuralism and Derrida's Science of the "Non"
Author: Morgan Brown
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-01-17
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1365481905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a Rationalist Critique of Deconstruction, Morgan A. Brown engages in the most thorough criticism of Deconstruction and Structuralism to date, working from the standpoint of rationalist philosophy. Not only does he outline exactly what Deconstruction is, but he also outlines the methodology at the root of Jacques Derrida's pet philosophy of language. Brown draws amply from the insights of Austrian Economics in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich A. Hayek, and guides the reader through his critique with a self-consistent structure of methodical argumentation. Part epistemology, part linguistics, and part microeconomic theory, the book is a veritable textbook for the Humanities and a handy reference for the libertarian and conservative intellectual. Deconstruction is best examined through the lens of microeconomic rationalism, since Derrida's theory is at base a literary incarnation of Vilfredo Pareto's Indifference Theory.
System and Writing in the Philosophy of Jacques Derrida
Author: Christopher Johnson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-04-15
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780521448529
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is an important new critical analysis of Derrida's theory of writing, based on close readings of key texts. It reveals a dimension of Derrida's thinking that has been neglected in favor of those "deconstructionist" cliches favored by much recent literary criticism. Christopher Johnson highlights the special character of Derrida's philosophy that comes from his contact with contemporary natural science and with systems theory. This study casts new light on an exacting set of intellectual issues facing philosophy and critical theory today.
Positions
Author: Jacques Derrida
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1982-11-15
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780226143316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of three interviews granted by Derrida that serve to clarify his thought and writing.
