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Book SynopsisIn this text, seven eminent authors, all known for their work in deconstruction, address the millennial issue of our futures, promises, prophecies, projects and possibilities including the possibility that there may be no future at all.
Trade Review"This book, which includes a major piece by Derrida, may serve as a switching station, a relay that amplifies the legacy of deconstruction, demonstrating its continuing vitality and even more its necessary relevance for the questions of politics and ethics that face us in the new century." -- Gregory L. Ulmer * University of Florida *
"At its best moments. . . . this collection. . . . is no longer a representation of a label or a proper name, but a weave of exceedingly probing questions that traverses labels, legacies and proper names in an unexpected pattern." --
Modern Language NotesTable of Contents1. RIP Geoffrey Bennington 2. This contradiction Paul Davies 3. History of the lie: prolegomena Jacques Derrida (translated by Peggy Kamuf) 4. Out of the blue: secrecy, radical evil, and the crypt of faith Peter Fenves 5. Lingua amissa: the messianism of commodity-language and Derrida's 'specters of Marx' Werner Hamacher (translated by Kelly Barry) 6. The 'music of the footure': future, ancient, fugitive Jean-Michel Rabate; 7. Elijah's futures Elisabeth Weber Notes.
