Not Half No End
Militantly Melancholic Essays in Memory of Jacques Derrida
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:30th Sep '11
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This book, newly available in paperback, gathers essays written by Geoffrey Bennington since the death of his friend Jacques Derrida in 2004. All continue the ongoing work of elucidating difficult and complex thought, often enough with reference to Derrida's persistent interrogation of the concepts of life and death, mourning and melancholia, and what he sometimes calls 'half-mourning'. Not Half No End relates this 'ethical' interruption of mourning to the persistent but still ill-understood motif of interrupted teleology, which, it is argued here, is definitive of deconstruction in general. This suspension or interruption of the end (which is none other than differance 'itself') has all manner of consequences for our thinking, and for how we attempt to categorize that thinking (as epistemological, ethical, political or aesthetic, for example). Not Half No End moves through all these domains, and the whole of Derrida's rich and varied corpus, in a weave of styles - from the expository and analytic to the autobiographical and confessional - in the ongoing process of deconstruction. Key Features * New collection of essays by major theorist * Expanded readings of late texts by Derrida * Research monograph on mourning and melancholy * First consideration of the legacy of Derrida by a co-author
Bennington (Emory) brings together 15 essays and meditations conceived as works of mourning after Derrida's death in october 2004. The various tones and differing occasions that characterize them display the range of Bennington's skill as theorist and essayist. The effect is powerful and engaging ... Essential. -- N. Lukacher, University of Illinois at Chicago Choice Bennington (Emory) brings together 15 essays and meditations conceived as works of mourning after Derrida's death in october 2004. The various tones and differing occasions that characterize them display the range of Bennington's skill as theorist and essayist. The effect is powerful and engaging ... Essential.
ISBN: 9780748643165
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 331g
184 pages