{"product_id":"derrida-9780745656168","title":"Derrida","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* The definitive biography of the philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004).    * In writing this biography, Benoit Peeters talked to over a hundred individuals who knew and worked with Derrida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Peeters has ransacked the voluminous Derrida archives and interviewed scores of his friends and colleagues. The result is a marvellously compelling account, lucidly translated by Andrew Brown. The man who emerges from this portrait is an agonised soul with sudden outbreaks of gaiety, an astonishingly original thinker with more than a dash of vanity who nevertheless made himself fully available to the humblest student.''\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton, The Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘'Exhaustive and exhilarating.'’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''A real tour de force. Assimilating a vast amount of material Derrida’s own voluminous publications, unpublished documents and correspondence, and conversations with a host of acquaintances Ð Benoit Peeters has produced a compelling narrative that sheds light on all aspects of Derrida’s remarkable career.''\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJonathan Culler, Cornell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘'If you've ever given up on Derrida, this portrait of him as a lovable, thin-skinned and narcissistic outsider in France who shot to fame in the United States should make you reconsider.'’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘'In his impressive, massive biography... Benoit Peeters, a former student of Derrida’s, tells a captivating tale of the enfant terrible outsider.'’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWichita Eagle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I JACKIE 1930–1962\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Negus 1930–1942 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Under the Sun of Algiers 1942–1949 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Walls of Louis-le-Grand 1949–1952 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The École Normale Supérieure 1952–1956 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Year in America 1956–1957 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Soldier of Koléa 1957–1959 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Melancholia in Le Mans 1959–1960 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Towards Independence 1960–1962 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II DERRIDA 1963–1983\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From Husserl to Artaud 1963–1964 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 In the Shadow of Althusser 1963–1966 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Writing Itself 1965–1966 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Lucky Year 1967 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Period of Withdrawal 1968 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Severed Ties 1972–1973 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Glas 1973–1975 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 In Support of Philosophy 1973–1976 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Another Life 1976–1977 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 From the Nouveaux Philosophes to the Estates General 1977–1979 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Night in Prague 1981–1982 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 A New Hand of Cards 1982–1983 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III JACQUES DERRIDA 1984–2004\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Territories of Deconstruction 1984–1986 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From the Heidegger Aff air to the de Man Aff air 1987–1988 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Living Memory 1988–1990 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Portrait of the Philosopher at Sixty 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 At the Frontiers of the Institution 1991–1992 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Of Deconstruction in America 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Specters of Marx 1993–1995 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Derrida International 1996–1999 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Time of Dialogue 2000–2002 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 In Life and in Death 2003–2004 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 605\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865706541399,"sku":"9780745656168","price":21.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745656168.jpg?v=1722275196","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/derrida-9780745656168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}