{"product_id":"deconstructing-the-death-penalty-9780823280100","title":"Deconstructing the Death Penalty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume represents the first collection of essays devoted exclusively to Jacques Derrida's Death Penalty Seminars, conducted from 1999-2001. The volume includes essays from a range of scholars working in philosophy, law, Francophone studies, and comparative literature, including established Derridians, activist scholars, and emerging scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: From Capital Punishment to Abolitionism: Deconstructing the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e Stephanie M. Straub \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Reading Derrida’s Death Penalty Seminars\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Beginning with Literature\u003cbr\u003e Peggy Kamuf \u003cbr\u003e 2. Derrida and the Scene of Execution\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Rottenberg \u003cbr\u003e 3. Always the Other Who Decides: On Sovereignty, Psychoanalysis, and the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e Michael Naas \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Death Penalty and Its Exceptions\u003cbr\u003e Christina Howells \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Derrida and His Interlocuters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Derrida at Montaigne: A Stay of Execution\u003cbr\u003e Katie Chenoweth\u003cbr\u003e 6. “Bidding Up” on the Question of Sovereignty: Derrida Between Kant and Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e Kir Kuiken \u003cbr\u003e 7. Calculus\u003cbr\u003e Kas Saghafi \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Extending Derrida’s Analysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Proper Death: Penalties, Animals, and the Law\u003cbr\u003e Nicole Anderson \u003cbr\u003e 9. Figures of Interest: The Widow, the Telephone, and the Time of Death\u003cbr\u003e Elissa Marder \u003cbr\u003e 10. Opening the Blinds on Botched Executions: Interrupting the Time of the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e Kelly Oliver \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Derrida and Capital Punishment in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. \u003ci\u003eFurman\u003c\/i\u003e and Finitude\u003cbr\u003e Adam Thurschwell \u003cbr\u003e 12. The Heart of the Other?\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Tyson \u003cbr\u003e 13. An Abolitionism Worthy of the Name: From the Death Penalty to the Prison Industrial Complex\u003cbr\u003e Lisa Guenther \u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406151885143,"sku":"9780823280100","price":92.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823280100.jpg?v=1730494706","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deconstructing-the-death-penalty-9780823280100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}