| Deconstruction in Context: Literature and Philosophy Contributor(s): Taylor, Mark C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226791408 ISBN-13: 9780226791401 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 149 |
| LCCN: 86004316 |
| Series: Literature and Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.9" W x 9.03" (1.34 lbs) 454 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There is no rigorous and effective deconstruction without the faithful memory of philosophies and literatures, without the respectful and competent reading of texts of the past, as well as singular works of our own time. Deconstruction is also a certain thinking about tradition and context. Mark Taylor evokes this with great clarity in the course of a remarkable introduction. He reconstitutes a set of premises without which no deconstruction could have seen the light of day. - Jacques Derrida This invaluable philosophical sampler brings together many of the threads out of which deconstruction is woven. taylor's anthology does not make deconstruction easy; much more usefully, it provides a meticulous guide to the sources - and significance - of the difficulties. - Barbara E. Johnson The book will be of great value as a set of readings with authoritative explanation for all those interested in the current relations of literature and philosophy. It is the best book of its kind I know. - J. Hillis Miller, Yale University |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Mark C.: - Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and is the founding editor of the Religion and Postmodernism series published by the University of Chicago Press. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left and Abiding Grace: Time, Modernity, Death. |