Fielding Derrida

"Fielding Derrida makes new, potentially path breaking connections between Derrida's work and projects in philosophy, literary criticism, and intellectual history ..." -- -Burt Hopkins Seattle University "Readers in a wide range of disciplines will find this a first rate book with insightful discoveries of all sorts to learn from." -- -Jay Lampert University of Guelph "This intensely philosophical and well-written book addresses the challenge of the legacy of Derridean thought, and what this thought holds for the future, by assessing Derrida's actual contributions to a variety of problems and debates in the contemporary humanities. Once again Kates' profound familiarity with Husserlian thought proves to be a true asset that makes this book a powerful and engaging work to read." -- -Rodolphe Gasche University at Buffalo, The State University of New York "New and previously published writings that, among other things, link the French philosopher to Husserlian phenomenology." -The Chronicle of Higher Education "Kates has been producing the deepest, most original, and most even-handed treatment available of the relation between Derrida's thought and that of Husserl This new book opens new ways to think about both; it also introduces intriguing new perspectives on the Derrida-Husserl nexus through probing discussions of Jacob Klein and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It is an important contribution to the evolving understanding of Derrida's place in the history of modern philosophy." -- -Henry Staten University of Washington