{"product_id":"the-tain-of-the-mirror-9780674867017","title":"The Tain of the Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeconstruction is no game of mirrors, revealing the text as a play of surface against surface. Its more radical philosophical effort is to get behind the mirror and question the very nature of reflection. \u003ci\u003eThe Tain of the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e explores that gritty surface without which no reflection would be possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA formidable book… [A] splendidly full and orderly synthesis of Derrida’s thought, which makes a meticulous case for him as a philosopher of real substance, given the radical nature of his investigations in the philosophies of language and of meaning. -- John Sturrock * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eA challenging book… It is beautifully organized and clear throughout, and will repay extensive study. Gasché’s success in situating Derrida in relation to the philosophical tradition is such that it should make Derrida’s thought unavoidable (\u003ci\u003eincontournable\u003c\/i\u003e, Derrida might say) for anyone concerned, today, with the history of philosophy. -- Christopher Fynsk * Review of Metaphysics *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant book that holds more for students of philosophy or literature than any other single work on Derrida. -- J. W. McInnes * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eUndoubtedly the most fully articulated exposition of Derrida’s deconstructive approach to philosophy available in any language… It will figure at the center of polemics for years to come. -- Wlad Godzich, Université de Montréal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    PART 1: TOWARD THE LIMITS OF REFLECTION    1. Defining Reflection   2. The Philosophy of Reflection   3. The Self-Destruction of Reflection   Isolated Reflection   Philosophical Reflection   Speculative or Absolute Reflection   4. Identity, Totality, and Mystic Rapture   5. Post-Hegelian Criticism of Reflexivity   6. Beyond Reflection: The Interlacings of Heterology    PART 2: ON DECONSTRUCTION    7. Abbau, Destruktion, Deconstruction   8. Deconstructive Methodology   The Propaedeutics of Deconstruction   Against Neutrality   Infrastructural Accounting   The Marginal Inscription of the Ground   The Bipartite Operation of Deconstruction   9. A System beyond Being   The Infrastructural Chain   The General Theory of Doubling   The General System    PART 3: LITERATURE OR PHILOSOPHY?    10. Literature in Parentheses   11. The Inscription of Universality   Writing   Text   Metaphor    Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403612561751,"sku":"9780674867017","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-tain-of-the-mirror-9780674867017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}