| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 198 pages) |
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Philosophy, aesthetics and cultural theory |
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Philosophy, aesthetics and cultural theory.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Beginning Otherwise; Chapter 1 'What, after all, of the remain(s) . . .'; Chapter 2 Soliciting Philosophy's Tears; Chapter 3 Rend(er)ing the Pharmakon: A Wound without a Cure; Chapter 4 Secreting Myth: Thinking Sa Otherwise; Chapter 5 Myth and the Gift, If There is Any; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy, Anais N. Spitzer examines previously unexplored areas of the scholarship of Jacques Derrida and Mark C. Taylor in order to propose a contemporary, postmodern, deconstructive theory of myth with provocative implications. Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy argues that the insights of deconstruction and complexity theory demand a re-examination of mythos (narrative, story, myth) in terms of its disseminative propensities and its disruptive interplay with logos (language, structure, word). Such a re-examination calls into questi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Derrida, Jacques.
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Taylor, Mark C., 1945-
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| SUBJECT |
Derrida, Jacques fast |
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Taylor, Mark C., 1945- fast |
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Myth.
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Philosophy.
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myths.
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Myth
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Philosophy
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441103154 |
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1441103155 |
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1283122308 |
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9781283122306 |
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9781472546395 |
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1472546393 |
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