- Paperback: 454 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press (1 Oct 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226791408
- ISBN-13: 978-0226791401
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 613,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There is no rigorous and effective deconstruction without the faithful memory of philosophies and literatures, without the respectful and competent reading of texts of the past, as well as singular works of our own time. Deconstruction is also a certain thinking about tradition and context. Mark Taylor evokes this with great clarity in the course of a remarkable introduction. He reconstitutes a set of premises without which no deconstruction could have seen the light of day." - Jacques Derrida
"This invaluable philosophical sampler brings together many of the threads out of which deconstruction is woven. taylor's anthology does not make deconstruction easy; much more usefully, it provides a meticulous guide to the sources - and significance - of the difficulties. - Barbara E. Johnson
"The book will be of great value as a set of readings with authoritative explanation for all those interested in the current relations of literature and philosophy. It is the best book of its kind I know. - J. Hillis Miller, Yale University
"This invaluable philosophical sampler brings together many of the threads out of which deconstruction is woven. taylor's anthology does not make deconstruction easy; much more usefully, it provides a meticulous guide to the sources - and significance - of the difficulties. - Barbara E. Johnson
"The book will be of great value as a set of readings with authoritative explanation for all those interested in the current relations of literature and philosophy. It is the best book of its kind I know. - J. Hillis Miller, Yale University
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The right book for any strong brain who wants to find out
more about deconstuction.
This book describes so many opinions of philosophers and
founders of phenomenology and their ways to the "new wave".
It will sure keeps you on the right track while travelling
the amazing world of deconstruction.
more about deconstuction.
This book describes so many opinions of philosophers and
founders of phenomenology and their ways to the "new wave".
It will sure keeps you on the right track while travelling
the amazing world of deconstruction.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
rarely are people smart enough for this
24 Mar 2010
Most people lack a context for understanding what the intellectual elite do and how they try to make themselves understood. I have so many books on philosophy now that reading the selection by Georges Bataille is too familiar for me to fit it into a larger context. Having an introduction for 34 pages to explain how the book starts with the thought of Kant on art as "production through freedom" in a self-determining and autonomous manner already on page 6 loosening the strain imposed by the cultivation of stupidity needed for institutions that attempt to accomplish anything beyond the entertainment values "which sets the mental powers into a swing that is final," (p. 7) express some truth about our complex reflexive relationship. As Georges Bataille finally says, "human life cannot in any way be limited to the closed systems assigned to it by reasonable conceptions." (p. 373). The intellectual elite needs to know all this to keep going at a time when whatever comes next is likely to be as unreasonable as any past we ever had.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
great introduction to philosophy
24 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
Most people lack a context for understanding what the intellectual elite do and how they try to make themselves understood. I have so many books on philosophy now that reading the selection by Georges Bataille is too familiar for me to fit it into a larger context. Having an introduction for 34 pages to explain how the book starts with the thought of Kant on art as "production through freedom" in a self-determining and autonomous manner already on page 6 loosening the strain imposed by the cultivation of stupidity needed for institutions that attempt to accomplish anything beyond the entertainment values "which sets the mental powers into a swing that is final," (p. 7) express some truth about our complex reflexive relationship. As Georges Bataille finally says, "human life cannot in any way be limited to the closed systems assigned to it by reasonable conceptions." (p. 373). The intellectual elite needs to know all this to keep going at a time when whatever comes next is likely to be as unreasonable as any past we ever had.
6 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Let's explore the new era of philosophy!!!
19 May 1996
Format:Paperback
The right book for any strong brain who wants to find out
more about deconstuction.
This book describes so many opinions of philosophers and
founders of phenomenology and their ways to the "new wave".
It will sure keeps you on the right track while travelling
the amazing world of deconstruction.
more about deconstuction.
This book describes so many opinions of philosophers and
founders of phenomenology and their ways to the "new wave".
It will sure keeps you on the right track while travelling
the amazing world of deconstruction.
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