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Written in the aftermath of the deaths of the French philosophers Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005), this book is an important and innovative study of the contentious relation between deconstruction and hermeneutics. Offering close readings of Derrida's and Ricoeur's writings on phenomenology, psychoanalysis, structuralist linguistics, and Levinasian ethics, Eftichis Pirovolakis introduces the motif of 'improbable encounters,' and explicates why the two thinkers may be said to be simultaneously close to each other and separated by an unbridgeable abyss. Pirovolakis complicates any facile distinction between these movements, which are two of the most influential streams of continental thought, and questions a certain pathos with respect to the distance separating them. Pirovolakis also translates Derrida's brief tribute to Ricoeur: \"The Word: Giving, Naming, Calling,\" which appears here in English for the first time. The book is essential reading for anyone immersed in continental philosophy or literary theory.
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- ISBN 9781438429502
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Written in the aftermath of the deaths of the French philosophers Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005), this book is an important and innovative study of the contentious relation between deconstruction and hermeneutics. Offering close readings of Derrida's and Ricoeur's writings on phenomenology, psychoanalysis, structuralist linguistics, and Levinasian ethics, Eftichis Pirovolakis introduces the motif of 'improbable encounters,' and explicates why the two thinkers may be said to be simultaneously close to each other and separated by an unbridgeable abyss. Pirovolakis complicates any facile distinction between these movements, which are two of the most influential streams of continental thought, and questions a certain pathos with respect to the distance separating them. Pirovolakis also translates Derrida's brief tribute to Ricoeur: \"The Word: Giving, Naming, Calling,\" which appears here in English for the first time. The book is essential reading for anyone immersed in continental philosophy or literary theory.
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Written in the aftermath of the deaths of the French philosophers Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005), this book is an important and innovative study of the contentious relation between deconstruction and hermeneutics. Offering close readings of Derrida's and Ricoeur's writings on phenomenology, psychoanalysis, structuralist linguistics, and Levinasian ethics, Eftichis Pirovolakis introduces the motif of 'improbable encounters,' and explicates why the two thinkers may be said to be simultaneously close to each other and separated by an unbridgeable abyss. Pirovolakis complicates any facile distinction between these movements, which are two of the most influential streams of continental thought, and questions a certain pathos with respect to the distance separating them. Pirovolakis also translates Derrida's brief tribute to Ricoeur: \"The Word: Giving, Naming, Calling,\" which appears here in English for the first time. The book is essential reading for anyone immersed in continental philosophy or literary theory.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Reading Derrida and Ricoeur?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
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How long is Reading Derrida and Ricoeur and how many pages does it have?
Reading Derrida and Ricoeur has 238 page(s)
Is Reading Derrida and Ricoeur part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Reading Derrida and Ricoeur?
Eftichis Pirovolakis
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Reading Derrida and Ricoeur is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438429496) and paperback(ISBN 9781438429502) and pdf(ISBN 9781438429519)
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