Counter-Institutions: Jacques Derrida And the Question of the University (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

Type

Book

Authors

Wortham, Simon Morgan

ISBN 10

0823226662

ISBN 13

9780823226665

Tags

Church Institutions & Organizations, Science & Religion, Deconstruction, Higher & Continuing Education, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy, Religious Studies

Abstract

This is an account of Jacques Derrida's involvement in debates about the university. Derrida has long argued that philosophy simultaneously belongs and does not belong to the university. This book asks whether a broader tension between 'belonging' and 'not belonging' also forms the basis of Derrida's political thinking and activism.

Description

Introduction
Counter-institution, counter-deconstruction
Teaching deconstruction: giving, taking, leaving, belonging and the remains of the university
"The fidelity of a guardian" : the "double-keeping" of Jacques Derrida
Auditing Derrida
The claim of the humanities: a discussion with Christopher Fynsk.

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