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Book SynopsisSpecialists on both sides of the doctrinal-ideological divide regarding the European philosophy of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Lyotard offer their views here. Some see the influence of Derrida and others as benign or insignificant; others perceive it as bad for academic standards.
Table of ContentsThe Unhinging of the American Mind - Derrida as Pretext, Dallas Willard; The Decline and Fall of French Nietzscheo-Structuralism, Pascal Engel; Can There Be Definitive Interpretations? An Interpretation of Foucault in Response to Engel, Jorge J.E. Gracia; Obstacles to Fruitful Discussion in the American Academy - the Case of Deconstruction, David Detmer; Textual Imperialism, Ward Parks; The Rigours of Deconstruction, J. Claude Evans; Heidegger's "Question of Being" - a Critical Interpretation, Herman Philipse; In Defence of the French, Newton Garver; The "Apocalyptic Tone" in Philosophy - Kierkegaard, Derrida and the Rhetoric of Transcendence, Christopher Norris; Deferring to Derrida's Difference, Joseph Margolis.
