A Companion to Derrida [Hardcover]

A Companion to Derrida is the most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida. Leading scholars present a summary of his most important accomplishments across a broad range of subjects, and offer new assessments of these achievements.

• The most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida, with contributions from highly prominent Derrida scholars
• Unique focus on three major philosophical themes of metaphysics and epistemology; ethics, religion, and politics; and art and literature
• Introduces the reader to the positions Derrida took in various areas of philosophy, as well as clarifying how derrideans interpret them in the present
• Contributions present not only a summary of Derrida’s most important accomplishments in relation to a wide range of disciplines, but also a new assessment of these accomplishments
• Offers a greater understanding of how Derrida’s work has fared since his death

List of Abbreviations (Works by Derrida) ix

Notes on Contributors xv

Introduction 1
Zeynep Direk and Leonard Lawlor

Part I Fundamental Themes and Concepts in Derrida’s Thought 21

1 Truth in Derrida 23
Christopher Norris

2 A Certain Truth: Derrida’s Transformation of the Kantian Heritage 42
Olivia Custer

3 Difference 57
Claire Colebrook

4 The Obscurity of “Différance” 72
Gary Gutting

5 Metaphor and Analogy in Derrida 89