The Purest of Bastards: Works of Mourning, Art, and Affirmation in the Thought of Jacques Derrida

(Part of the American and European Philosophy Series Series)

by David Farrell Krell

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The "deconstruction" that is commonly seen to be the method of Derrida's philosophy has an inescapably negative connotation. To counter this view of Derrida's thought as basically destructive, David Farrell Krell invites readers to understand how it may instead be seen as fundamentally affirmative--just as Nietzsche's philosophy, so allegedly nihilistic, is at heart a call for tragic affirmation, in amor fati.

But, while affirmative,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271029994

ISBN13:9780271029993

Release Date:May 2000

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.82 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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The Purest of Bastards: Works of Mourning, Art, and Affirmation in the Thought of Jacques Derrida

(Part of the American and European Philosophy Series Series)

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