Derrida and Deconstruction

<p>The effects of Derrida's writings have been widespread in literary circles, where they have transformed current work in literary theory. By contrast Derrida's philosophical writings--which deal with the whole range of western thought from Plato to Foucault--have not received adequate attention by philosophers. Organized around Derrida's readings of major figures in the history of philosophy, <strong><em>Derrida and Deconstruction </em></strong> focuses on and assesses his specifically philosophical contribution. Contemporary continental philosophers assess Derrida's account of philosophical tradition, with each contributor providing a critical study of Derrida's position on a philosopher she or he has already studied in depth These figures include Plato, Meister Eckhart, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Foucault.</p> 1 Plato's Pharmakon: Between Two Repetitions 2 Mysticism and Transgression: Derrida and Meister Eckhart 3 Derrida and Descartes: Economizing Thought 4 Derrida, Kant and the Performance of Parergonality 5 Derrida, Hegel and the Sign 6 Drawing: (An) Affecting Nietzsche: With Derrida 7 La Cloche 8 On Derrida's Introduction to Husserl's Origin of Geometry 9 Derrida, Heidegger and the Time of the Line 10 Derrida and Srtre: Hegel's Death 11 Derrida,Levinas and Violence 12 Derrida and Foucault: Madness and Writing