Without Alibi (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Contributors: Peggy Kamuf (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: March 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780804744119
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Movements - Deconstruction; Philosophy; Law; Philosophy / Movements / Deconstruction; Reference; Deconstruction
Description: "This book brings together for the first time five recent essays by Jacques Derrida, which advance his reflections on many issues: lying, perjury, forgiveness, confession, the profession of faith, and, most recently, cruelty, sovereignty, and capital punishment. Strongly linked by their attention to 'performatives' and the 'as if,' the essays show the necessity of thinking beyond the category of acts that are possible for a subject. Derrida argues forcefully that thought must engage with the im-possible, that is, the order of the unforeseeable event, the absolute future still to come. This acute awareness of the limits of performative programs informs the essays throughout and attunes them closely to events of a world undergoing 'globalization.'" -- Publisher's description.