Acts of Literature
Resumen del libro
Acts of Literature, compiled in close association with Jacques Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida's writings on literary texts. The essays discuss literary figures such as Rousseau, Mallarme, Joyce, Shakespeare, and Kafka, and comprise pieces spanning Derrida's career. The collection includes a substantial new interview with him on questions of literature, deconstruction, politics, feminism and history, and Derek Attridge provides an introductory essay on deconstruction and the question of literature, with suggestions for further reading.
These essays examine the place and operation of literature in Western culture, and are highly original responses to individual literary texts. They highlight Derrida's interest in literature as a significant cultural institution and as a peculiarly challenging form of writing, with inescapable consequences for our thinking about philosophy, politics and ethics.
Biografía del autor
Jacques Derrida (Argelia, 1930 - Francia, 2004) es uno de los principales pensadores de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Fue director de estudios de la École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de París, donde impartió clases durante toda su carrera, y profesor visitante en diversas universidades norteamericanas. Asociado a corrientes como el posestructuralismo y la filosofía posmoderna, acuñó el concepto de deconstrucción . Es autor de una vasta obra, entre la que destacan De la gramatología, La diseminación, Espectros de Marx y Políticas de la amistad.
