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Disinterest has been a major concept in Western philosophy since Descartes. This book looks at the treatment of disinterest in the work of two major Continental philosophers: Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas. It traces the history of disinterest in Western philosophy from Descartes to Derrida.

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Examines the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work and through that a re-examination of the relation between war and literature. This book argues for the importance of the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work in thinking today about war and literature.

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Examines the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work and through that a re-examination of the relation between war and literature. This book argues for the importance of the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work in thinking about war and literature.

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A comprehensive introduction to and exploration of Jacques Derrida's landmark 1967 text. This title explores Derrida's work through readings of key passages by such scholars as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, J. Hillis Miller and Avital Ronnell.

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Introduces Jacques Derrida's major works and ideas by tracing Derrida's reading (and re-reading) of Plato, Aristotle and Hegel throughout his writings. This book encourages the reader to enter Derrida's varied and complex legacy through the moments in Derrida's work that are concerned with the question of origins and beginnings.

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Introduces Jacques Derrida's major works and ideas by tracing Derrida's reading (and re-reading) of Plato, Aristotle and Hegel throughout his writings. This book encourages the reader to enter Derrida's varied and complex legacy through the moments in Derrida's work that are concerned with the question of origins and beginnings.

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How does one respond to the death of Jacques Derrida The author re-examines his own relationship with this great thinker and traces his own mourning, while examining the nature of mourning in Derrida's work. In exploring the gap that the death of Derrida has left open, he traces the gaps (ecarts), and the history of the gap, in Derrida's work.