Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East
By: Christopher Wise.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Derrida, Jacques -- Political and social views; Derrida, Jacques -- Religion; Derrida, Jacques; North Africans -- France -- Attitudes; Jewish philosophers -- France -- Attitudes
Description: This study argues that deconstruction may be more closely akin to ancient Egypto-African ways of thinking about language and offers a new framework for considering Derrida.
Table of contents: title: Saying "yes" to Africa; title: Deconstruction of the veil; title: Arab-Jew; title: Deconstruction and Zionism; title: The figure of Jerusalem; title: Conjuration; title: The secular trace; title: The double gesture; title: Realism without realism; title: The wordless "yes"; title: Deconstruction and the African trace.