Who Was Jacques Derrida? David Mikics

Name: Who Was Jacques Derrida? By David Mikics
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A biography of Derrida that provides the full-scale appraisal of his career, his influence, and his philosophical roots. It defines his crucial importance as the ambassador of 'theory', the phenomenon that has had a profound influence on academic life in the humanities.

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Who Was Jacques Derrida?: An Intellectual Biography by David Mikics

Who Was Jacques Derrida? is the first intellectual biography of Derrida, the first full-scale appraisal of his career, his influence, and his philosophical roots. It is also the first attempt to define his crucial importance as the ambassador of

Who Was Jacques Derrida? Reviews

"'An absorbing and extremely useful contribution both to literary studies and to general questions of the sociology of knowledge' John Hollander, Yale University 'Mikics' pathfinding book is the first study to make a response... This is a serious attempt to understand Derrida.' Martin McQuillan, Times Higher Education 'David Mikics provides a lucid, polemical intellectual biography of the French philosopher... In the end, Who Was Jacques Derrida? will not close the account on Derrida. Through his clarity and commitments, Mikics has opened the books once again.' David Kaufmann, Tablet 'Delightfully compact and insightful book.' Stav Sherez, Catholic Herald"

About David Mikics

David Mikics is professor of english at the University of Houston. He published his last book, A New Handbook of Literary Terms, with Yale University Press.

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Sku

CIN030016811XG

ISBN 13

9780300168112

ISBN 10

030016811X

Title

Who Was Jacques Derrida?: An Intellectual Biography by David Mikics

Author

David Mikics

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Yale University Press

Year published

2010-11-05

Number of pages

296

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N/A

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