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

By Michael Marder

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Year
2011
ISBN
1442612657, 9781442612655
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3154277 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
203\203
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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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