Zeynep Direk - A Companion to Derrida [2014][A]

Book Description
Publication Date: September 9, 2014 | ISBN-10: 1444332848 | ISBN-13: 978-1444332841 | Edition: 1
A Companion to Derrida is the most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida. Leading scholars present a summary of his most important accomplishments across a broad range of subjects, and offer new assessments of these achievements.
The most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida, with contributions from highly prominent Derrida scholars
Unique focus on three major philosophical themes of metaphysics and epistemology; ethics, religion, and politics; and art and literature
Introduces the reader to the positions Derrida took in various areas of philosophy, as well as clarifying how derrideans interpret them in the present
Contributions present not only a summary of Derrida’s most important accomplishments in relation to a wide range of disciplines, but also a new assessment of these accomplishments
Offers a greater understanding of how Derrida’s work has fared since his death.

Reviews
"This collection contains lucid and penetrating essays by a number of prominent scholars on the thought of Jacques Derrida. It not only provides an extraordinary exegesis on the fundamental concepts in Derrida’s thought, but also places Derrida’s work in a critical context. Without exaggeration, this volume is the most comprehensive and penetrating collection on the thought of Derrida to date."—Peg Birmingham, DePaul University

"This superb volume brings together some of Derrida's leading critics, commentators and interlocutors to provide a comprehensive overview of his work. The 35 chapters are a testament to the breadth and depth of Derrida's work and a helpful guide to his fundamental concepts and abiding concerns. This volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Derrida."—Paul Patton, University of New South Wales

From the Back Cover
A Companion to Derrida is the most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida. Although rooted in Derrida’s contribution to the discipline in which he trained – philosophy – the volume is also of central interest to those whose primary engagement is with Derrida’s impact on literature, psychoanalysis, art, religion, history, legal studies, political science, history, and sociology. The essays, contributed by the most prominent scholars of Derrida, present not only a summary of his most important accomplishments in relation to these disciplines, but also new, cutting-edge assessments of these achievements.
Derridean deconstruction has forced many disciplines into a process of self-examination; the new essays gathered within this collection also raise the question of what comes after deconstruction. They evaluate the novel possibilities of what the deconstructive strategies reveal and examine what they amount to. As a result, A Companion to Derrida both clearly offers new insights into Derrida’s influence across a broad range of subjects, and a greater understanding of how Derrida’s work has fared after Derrida.

About the Author
Zeynep Direk teaches contemporary philosophy and ethics at Koç University, Istanbul. She has written numerous essays in Contemporary European philosophy and edited 10 books in Turkish on Levinas, Derrida, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre, in addition to editing collections of essays and journal issues on gender and race theory.
Leonard Lawlor is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Penn State University, USA. He is the author of several books including: Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy (2011) and This is not Sufficient: An Essay on Animality and Human Nature in Derrida (2007). He is one of the co-editors and co-founders of the journal Chiasmi International: Trilingual Studies Concerning the Thought of Merleau-Ponty.