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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Philosophy and Post-structuralist Theory
:
From Kant to Deleuze
Contains:
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Kant and Enlightenment Recognition
2. Heidegger: Proximity and Dispersion
3. Derrida: Responsibility without Autonomy
4. Irigaray: The Specula(ra)tive Ec(h)onomy
5. Foucault: Anti-Representationalism and Logophobia
Conclusion: The Risk of Anthropomorphism
List of References
Index
Description:
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622276);A critique and overview of contemporary post-structuralist theory.Exploring the Kantian and phenomenological background of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault and Irigaray, this book raises some key questions and issues in critical theory. Is it still possible to sustain a transcendental critical project? How do such projects fare in the current terrain of cultural studies and anti-representationalism?Key FeaturesOriginal contribution to ethical and critical theory.Situates poststructuralism in its philosophical background, and in the sustained problematic of the enlightenment.Offers a critique of various appeals made to a would-be post-metaphysical or post-human culture.First published in hardback as Ethics and Representation: From Kant to Post-Structuralism"