{"product_id":"class-acts-9780823298402","title":"Class Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClass Acts \u003c\/i\u003eexamines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the speech act that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e when one speaks in public in these ways?\u003cbr\u003eThe book follows Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book seeks to explain, in Montreal. In these lectures, Derrida elaborated his critique of J. L. Austin and his own subsequent redefinition of speech act theory. The book then gives an overview of Derrida's teaching career and his famous seminar presentations, along with his own explicit reflections on pedagogy and educational institutions beginning in the mid-1970s. Naas then shows through a reading of three recently published seminarson life death, theory and practice, and forgivenessjust how Derrida the teacher interrogated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations of Works Cited\u003c\/i\u003e | xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: The Program | 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Derrida in Montreal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e(A Play in Three Speech Acts )\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Argument and Dramatis Personae | 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAct 1. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Context (1971) | 15\u003cbr\u003e Intermission 1: Glyph 1 | 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAct 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Signature (1979) | 45\u003cbr\u003e Intermission 2: Glyph 2 | 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAct 3. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Event (1997) | 59\u003cbr\u003e Encore: Cocoon | 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Open Seminar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Counter-Program \u003c\/i\u003e(Syllabus) | 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eClass 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Agrégations: The Chance of Life Death (1975–76) | 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eClass 2. \u003c\/b\u003eEducation in Theory and Practice (1976–77) | 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eClass 3. \u003c\/b\u003eGrace and the Machine: Perjury and Pardon (1997–98) | 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: Actes de naissance | 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e| 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e| 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e| 183\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406165549399,"sku":"9780823298402","price":17.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823298402.jpg?v=1730494759","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/class-acts-9780823298402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}