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Book SynopsisCompleting the translation of Derrida''s monumental work Right to Philosophy (the first part of which has already appeared under the title of Who''s Afraid of Philosophy?), Eyes of the University brings together many of the philosopher''s most important texts on the university and, more broadly, on the languages and institutions of philosophy.
In addition to considerations of the implications for literature and philosophy of French becoming a state language, of Descartes'' writing of the Discourse on Method in French, and of Kant''s and Schelling''s philosophies of the university, the volume reflects on the current state of research and teaching in philosophy and on the question of what Derrida calls a university responsibility.
Examining the political and institutional conditions of philosophy, the essays collected here question the growing tendency to orient research and teaching towards a programmable and profitable end. The volume is there
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"From each of these punctual documents, supplemented by numerous helpful translator's notes, emerges the clear profile of Derrida's principled and relentless commitment to the teaching of philosophy as a right in any democracy worthy of the name."—The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
"Some books recommend themselves by what is written therein; others are to be recommended for what they may inspire their readers to think, say, and do. Few books fall into both categories; the collection of pieces that is Eyes of the University does. But here, near the end, I have chosen my words carefully: "what they may inspire." The rest is up to us."—Philosophy and Rhetoric
