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Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy

  • Hardback
  • 226 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

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For scholars and students of philosophy and theory

Uncovers new insights into myth and language's roles

You will deepen your understanding of deconstruction

This book offers a transformative exploration of Derrida's theories on myth and language.

An examination of Derrida's work on myth and language, offering a postmodern, deconstructive theory of myth. In "Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy", Anais N. Spitzer examines previously unexplored areas of the scholarship of Jacques Derrida and Mark C. Taylor in order to propose a contemporary, postmodern, deconstructive theory of myth with provocative implications. "Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy" argues that the insights of deconstruction and complexity theory demand a re-examination of mythos (narrative, story, myth) in terms of its disseminative propensities and its disruptive interplay with logos (language, structure, word). Such a re-examination calls into question the relation of mythos and logos as it has been traditionally understood from Plato to modern theorists such as Mircea Eliade, Bruce Lincoln, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Paul Ricoeur. Spitzer goes beyond the limited conception of the relation of mythos and logos in order to provide a nuanced account of myth in relation to philosophy in contemporary theories of writing, philosophy, and religion, thereby setting the stage for future work with myth in a deconstructive mode."The Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Theory" series examines the encounter between contemporary Continental philosophy and aesthetic and cultural theory. Each book in the series explores an exciting new direction in philosophical aesthetics or cultural theory, identifying the most important and pressing issues in Continental philosophy today.
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Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of PhilosophyDerrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy

  • Title

    Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy

  • Author

    Dr Anais N. Spitzer

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    August 2011

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    226

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441117106

  • ISBN-10

    1441117105

  • Eden Code

    3196705

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