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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- A map of this book -- Introduction: Five strategies for deconstruction -- Part 1: Avant la lettre -- 1.1 From Capital -- THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET -- NOTES -- 1.2 'A note upon the "Mystic Writing Pad"' -- NOTES -- 1.3 'The meaning of general economy' -- THE DEPENDENCE OF THE ECONOMY ON THE CIRCULATION OF ENERGY ON THE EARTH -- THE NECESSITY OF LOSING THE EXCESS ENERGY THAT CANNOT BE USED FOR A SYSTEM'S GROWTH -- THE POVERTY OF ORGANISMS OR LIMITED SYSTEMS AND THE EXCESS WEALTH OF LIVING NATURE -- WAR CONSIDERED AS A CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE OF EXCESS ENERGY -- NOTES -- 1.4 'Critique of violence' -- NOTES -- 1.5 'The task of destroying the history of ontology' -- NOTES -- 1.6 'The moment after' -- LETTER TO JACQUES DERRIDA ON THE QUESTION OF THE BOOK -- 1.7 'In praise of water' -- NOTE -- 1.8 'Friendship' -- Part 2: Opening Remarks -- 2.1 'A number of yes (Nombre de oui)' -- NOTES -- Part 3: Philosophy -- 3.1 'Deconstruction, post-modernism and the visual arts' -- THE METAPHYSICS OF PRESENCE: PLATO, ROUSSEAU, SAUSSURE -- FRAMING THE TEXT: KANT AND HEGEL -- 3.2 'Philosophy as a kind of writing' -- 3.3 'Deconstruction as criticism' -- NOTES -- 3.4 'Genuine Gasché (perhaps)' -- NOTES -- 3.5 'Black Socrates? Questioning the philosophical tradition' -- PHILOSOPHY AS DE-TRADITIONALIZATION -- PHILOSOPHY AS TRADITION -- PHILOSOPHY AS INVENTED TRADITION -- SEDIMENTATION, REACTIVATION, DECONSTRUCTION -- NOTES -- 3.6 'Discussions, or phrasing "After Auschwitz"' -- Part 4: Literature -- 4.1 'Derrida's topographies' -- NOTES -- 4.2 'Autobiography as de-facement' -- NOTE -- 4.3 'Ghost writing' -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4.4 'The phantom review' -- NOTES -- 4.5 'Hamlet's dilemma' -- NOTES -- 4.6 'The ghosts of critique and deconstruction' -- NOTES

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1 What is Deconstruction? -- 2 Deconstruction and Cultural Studies: Arguments for a Deconstructive Cultural Studies -- 3 Deconstruction and Drugs: A Philosophical/Literary Cocktail -- 4 Deconstruction and Ethics -- 5 Deconstruction and Feminism -- 6 Deconstruction and Fiction -- 7 Deconstruction and Film -- 8 Deconstruction and Hermeneutics -- 9 Deconstruction and Love -- 10 Deconstruction and a Poem -- 11 Deconstruction and the Postcolonial -- 12 Deconstruction and Psychoanalysis -- 13 Deconstruction and Technology -- 14 Deconstruction and Weaving -- 15 Et Cetera -- Index.

The effects of Derrida's writings have been widespread in literary circles, where they have transformed current work in literary theory. By contrast Derrida's philosophical writings--which deal with the whole range of western thought from Plato to Foucault--have not received adequate attention by philosophers. Organized around Derrida's readings of major figures in the history of philosophy, Derrida and Deconstruction focuses on and assesses his specifically philosophical contribution. Contemporary continental philosophers assess Derrida's account of philosophical tradition, with each cont

This book surveys the main schools and theorists of deconstruction, establishing their philosophical roots and tracing their intellectual development. It analyses their contribution to the understanding of literature and ideology, comparing their critical value and exploring the critical reaction to deconstruction and its limitations. The text is designed for students who wish to understand how and why deconstruction has become the dominant tool of the humanities. Deconstruction and Critical Theory marks a new stage in the reception history of Derrida''s work and in the wider philosophical d