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OverviewDerrida and Africa: Jacques Derrida as a Figure for African Thought takes up Jacques Derrida as a thought in relation to Africa, with a focus on Derrida’s writings specifically on Africa, influenced in part by his childhood in El Biar. From chapters that take up Derrida as Mother to contemplations on how to situate Derrida in relation to other African philosophers, from essays that connect deconstruction and diaspora to a chapter that engages the ways in which Derrida—especially in a text such as Monolingualism of the Other Or the Prosthesis of Origin—is haunted by place to a chapter that locates Derrida firmly in postapartheid South Africa, Derrida in/and Africa is the insistent line of inquiry. Edited by Grant Farred, this collection asks: What is Derrida to Africa?, What is Africa to Derrida?, and What is this specter called Africa that haunts Derrida? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Grant Farred , Bruce B. Janz , John E. Drabinski, Professor of Black Studies, Amherst College , Nicolette BraggPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781498581899ISBN 10: 1498581897 Pages: 134 Publication Date: 15 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Africa, Still Remains Grant Farred 1.The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida’s Africa and the Haunting of Place Bruce B. Janz 2.Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity’s Deferral John E. Drabinski 3.Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought Nicolette Bragg 4.Setting, an Example: Derrida’s South Africa (and Ours) Jan Steyn 5.Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some considerations from Francophone African Philosophy Kasareka Kavwahirehi Afterword: Respect for Derrida in/and Africa Jean-Paul Martinon About the Editor About the ContributorsReviewsA brilliant, dazzling, differing, and deferring attempt to grasp and at the same time not to grasp Derrida in/and Africa. This work is a very Derridean specter that is haunted by the goal it approaches and yet avoids.--Paget Henry, Brown University A brilliant, dazzling, differing, and deferring attempt to grasp and at the same time not to grasp Derrida in/and Africa. This work is a very Derridean specter that is haunted by the goal it approaches and yet avoids. Author InformationGrant Farred is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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