Martinengo Beyond Deconstruction

From Hermeneutics to Reconstruction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027332-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

The controversy over Jacques Derrida's legacy is one of the most effective engines driving the contemporary debate, far beyond the bounds of philosophy. By now, the variety of contesting positions is so wide that it calls for a critical assessment to achieve a unified theoretical scheme. The dyad of deconstruction and reconstruction, to which the title of the volume refers, aims at composing a kind of map of this debate. The three sections of the book include essays that investigate specific aspects of Derrida's reception, from the view of 1. philosophy, 2. literary studies and 3. politics and law. These contributions study the implications of deconstruction beyond its original scope and intervene by taking stock of its most relevant aporias.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martinengo, Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Hermeneutik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Deconstruction at its End? Preliminary Remarks;7
2;Section I. Deconstruction and/or Reconstruction: A Philosophical Approach;17
2.1;Leaving Philosophy? Heidegger, Bauen, Lassen;19
2.2;Waiting: The Impossible;33
2.3;Does It Make Sense to Speak about Deconstructing the Subject?;45
2.4;Beyond the Eclipse of Reason: On the Reconstruction of Rationality;59
2.5;Towards a Reconstructive Critique of Historical Reason;75
2.6;Creative Delinking;91
3;Section II The Limits of Deconstruction: The Case of Art and Literature;101
3.1;Reality under Construction: Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Surrealism;103
3.2;Deconstructing and Reconstructing Artists with PhDs;113
3.3;Towards a Dramaturgy of Suspicion: Theatre and Myths in 20th-century France;141
3.4;A Methodological Comparison between a Mythocentric Approach and a Deconstructive Reading in the Interpretation of Rewritings;155
3.5;Translation: Theory and Praxis. Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Giacomo Leopardi;167
3.6;Deconstructing and Reconstructing Built-up Landscape in Post-Colonial Literature: Damas’s Poetry;185
4;Section III The Genealogy and Legacy of Deconstruction: The Politico-Social and Juridical Point of View;201
4.1;Remembrance of Nature within the Subject: Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis and the Limits of Subjection;203
4.2;The Rise of Political Agonism and its Relation to Deconstruction: The Case of Chantal Mouffe;219
4.3;‘Just Tell Me Who You Are !’: Do We Need Identity in Philosophy and the Social Sciences?;231
4.4;Daydreaming: Derrida’s Contribution to the Theory of Law;245
4.5;Law as Practical Knowledge: Deconstruction, Pragmatism, and the Promise of Classical Practical Philosophy;261
5;Bibliography;283
6;Index Rerum;301
7;Name Index;303

Über Autor(innen)

Alberto Martinengo, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy.