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Dissemination by Derrida (Hardcover, 1983)

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The English version of Dissemination [is] an able translation by Barbara Johnson . . . . Derrida's central contention is that language is haunted by dispersal, absence, loss, the risk of unmeaning, a risk which is starkly embodied in all writing. The distinction between philosophy and literature therefore becomes of secondary importance. Philosophy vainly attempts to control the irrecoverable dissemination of its own meaning, it strives--against the grain of language--to offer a sober revelation of truth. Literature--on the other hand--flaunts its own meretriciousness, abandons itself to the Dionysiac play of language. In Dissemination--more than any previous work--Derrida joins in the revelry, weaving a complex pattern of puns, verbal echoes and allusions, intended to 'deconstruct' both the pretension of criticism to tell the truth about literature, and the pretension of philosophy to the literature of truth. --Peter Dews, New Statesman

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PublisherT.H.E. University of Chicago Press

ISBN-139780226143347

eBay Product ID (ePID)90729873

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDissemination

Publication Year1983

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorDerrida

Subject AreaData Analysis

FormatHardcover

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Item Height227 mm

Item Weight536 g

Item Width151 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Title_AuthorDerrida