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H. C. for Life, That Is to Say... - Paperback

by Jacques Derrida
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jacques Derrida, Laurent Milesi (Translator), Stefan Herbrechter (Translator)Series:Meridian: Crossing AestheticsPublish date:2006-05-24Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804754026ISBN-10:804754020UPC:9780804754026Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MovementsBook Topic:DeconstructionSize:8.36 x 6.02 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC8N84627F

H. C. for Life, That Is to Say . . . is Derrida's literary critical recollection of his lifelong friendship with H?l?ne Cixous. The main figure that informs Derrida's reading here is that of "taking sides." While H?l?ne Cixous in her life and work takes the side of life, "for life," Derrida admits always feeling drawn to the side of death. Rather than being an obvious choice, taking the side of life is an act of faith, by wagering one's life on life.

H. C. for Life sets up and explores this interminable "argument" between Derrida and Cixous as to what death has in store deep within life itself, before the end. In addition to being a memoir, it is also a theoretical confrontation--for example about the meaning of "might" and "omnipotence," and a philosophical and philological analysis of the crypts within the vast oeuvre of H?l?ne Cixous. Finally, the book is Derrida's tribute to the thought of the woman whom he regards as one of the great French poets, writers, and thinkers of our time.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804754026ISBN-10:804754020UPC:9780804754026Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:MovementsBook Topic:DeconstructionSize:8.36 x 6.02 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC8N84627F
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Professor of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Among the most recent of his many books to have been translated into English are Paper Machine (2005), On Touching--Jean-Luc Nancy (2005), Rogues (2005), Eyes of the University (2004), For What Tomorrow... with Elisabeth Roudinesco (2004), Counterpath with Catherine Malabou (2004), Negotiations (2002), Who's Afraid of Philosophy? (2002), and Without Alibi (2002). All of these have been published by Stanford University Press.
Publisher: Stanford University Press

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Jacques Derrida, Laurent Milesi (Translator), Stefan Herbrechter (Translator)

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Jacques Derrida

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