How to Read Derrida [Paperback]

An idiosyncratic and highly controversial French philosopher, Jacques Derrida inspired profound changes in disciplines as diverse as law, anthropology, literature and architecture. In Derridas view, texts and contexts are woven with inconsistencies and blindspots, which provide us with a chance to think in new ways about, among other things, language, community, identity and forgiveness. Derridas suggestions for how to read lead to a new vision of ethics and a new concept of responsibility.Intent on letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the