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Jacques Derrida and the Challenge of History.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (349 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786610829
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jacques Derrida and the Challenge of HistoryDDC classification:
  • 194
LOC classification:
  • B2430.D484 G378 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: A Philosophy of History -- 1 History and Historicism -- 2 History and Historicity -- 3 History and Deconstruction -- Part Two: A Deconstructive Historiography -- 4 History, Context, and Mi-lieu -- 5 A History of Contexts -- 6 History, Memory, and Memoir -- 7 The Problem of Historical Memory -- 8 History, Event, and Narrative -- 9 A Witness of a Witness -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In the first book-length study of Derrida and the question of history, and in response to the 2016 publication of Derrida's 1964-1965 seminar on Heidegger and history, Sean Gaston explores Derrida's own political responses to the historical events of his time. He argues that contemporary philosophy can provide a basis for thinking about history.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: A Philosophy of History -- 1 History and Historicism -- 2 History and Historicity -- 3 History and Deconstruction -- Part Two: A Deconstructive Historiography -- 4 History, Context, and Mi-lieu -- 5 A History of Contexts -- 6 History, Memory, and Memoir -- 7 The Problem of Historical Memory -- 8 History, Event, and Narrative -- 9 A Witness of a Witness -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In the first book-length study of Derrida and the question of history, and in response to the 2016 publication of Derrida's 1964-1965 seminar on Heidegger and history, Sean Gaston explores Derrida's own political responses to the historical events of his time. He argues that contemporary philosophy can provide a basis for thinking about history.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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