The Tain of the Mirror: Derrida and the Philosophy of Reflection
This challenging, difficult book will be accessible only to those familiar with phenomenology and continental philosophy, as well as the history of philosophy back to the ancients. Gasche demonstrates a masterful grasp of all these areas as he elucidates those aspects of Derrida's thinking on "deconstruction" that relate to "reflexivity"the traditional philosophical quest for "the ultimate foundation of what is." Given the complexity and breadth of the undertaking, and the necessity of dealing with the technical jargon found in such figures as Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Ricoeur, etc., Gasche's exposition is admirably fluid and clear. For all collections serving scholars in the pertinent fields.Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib. , Washington, D.C.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.