Publication

2009 - University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

46,500 words, Guess

Page Count

186 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780802098924
  • Open LibraryOL23557674M

Classifications

  • DDC194
  • LCCB2430.D484 M347 2009
  • LCCB2430.D484M347 2009
and 1 more
  • LCCB2430.D484 M37 2009

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."--Jacket.

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