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- Derrida and Our Animal Others: Derrida's Final Seminar, the Beast and the Sovereign
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Studies in Continental Thought
summary
Jacques Derrida's final seminars were devoted to animal life and political sovereignty—the connection being that animals slavishly adhere to the law while kings and gods tower above it and that this relationship reveals much about humanity in the West. David Farrell Krell offers a detailed account of these seminars, placing them in the context of Derrida's late work and his critique of Heidegger. Krell focuses his discussion on questions such as death, language, and animality. He concludes that Heidegger and Derrida share a commitment to finding new ways of speaking and thinking about human and animal life.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-5
- 1. The Beast and the Sovereign I
- pp. 6-34
- 2. The Beast and the Sovereign II
- pp. 35-75
- 4. Is There a Touchstone for All Philosophy?
- pp. 100-119
- 5. Is Apophantic Discourse the Touchstone?
- pp. 120-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253009456
Related ISBN(s)
9780253009241, 9780253009333
MARC Record
OCLC
847951450
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No