A Companion to Derrida (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Book 56)

__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 Cover 1 Blackwell Companions to Philosophy 4 Title page 5 Copyright page 6 Contents 7 List of Abbreviations (Works by Derrida) 11 Notes on Contributors 17 Introduction 27 References 45 Part I: Fundamental Themes and Concepts in Derrida’s Thought 47 1: Truth in Derrida 49 1. Truth and Writing 49 2. Reading as an Argument: The Logic of Deconstruction 52 3. Deconstruction, Truth, and the Realist/Anti-Realist Debate 60 References 66 2: A Certain Truth: Derrida’s Transformation of the Kantian Heritage 68 1. Double Kantian References 69 2. Reiterating Kant’s Move – Beyond Recognition 75 3. After Truth 81 References 82 3: Difference 83 1. Poststructuralist Difference 85 2. Post-Phenomenological Difference 89 3. Sexual Difference and Human–Animal Difference 92 References 97 4: The Obscurity of “Différance” 98 Conclusion: The Obscurity of Différance 111 References 114 5: Metaphor and Analogy in Derrida 115 1. “White Mythology” 116 2. Analogy in “White Mythology” and in the Later Works 123 3. Conclusion: The “Eve” of Philosophy 128 References 130 6: The “Slow and Differentiated” Machinations of Deconstructive Ethics 131 1. Derrida’s Machines 134 2. Command Counter-Command 135 3. Derrida the Wolf 138 4. Derrida the Gambler 140 5. Upping the Ante 142 6. The Deconstructive Dose 144 References 147 7: Deconstruction 148 1. Three Definitions of Deconstruction 149 2. Anachronism: Life as Powerlessness and Power 153 3. Conclusion: “Who, We?” 156 References 157 8: The Transcendental Claim of Deconstruction 158 1. On the Necessity of Asking Transcendental Questions 158 2. Conditions of Possibility as Conditions of Impossibility 161 3. The Quasi-Transcendental in Derrida’s Early Works: On the Role of Writing in the Introduction to Husserl’s Origin of Geometry 163 4. The Quasi-Transcendental in Derrida’s Later Writings 166 5. The Originality of Derrida’s Contribution in the Context of Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy 170 References 174 9: Writing the Violence of Time: Derrida Beyond the Deconstruction of Metaphysics 176 1. Introduction 176 2. Ontology and Metaphysics 177 3. Writing and Closure 180 4. Violence and Writing 183 5. Hauntology and Being-With 185 6. Closing: And So On 189 References 191 10: Derrida’s Radical Atheism 192 1. Radical Evil and Faith 194 2. Radical Evil and the Unconditional 197 3. Radical Evil and the Messianic 200 References 204 11: Play and Messianicity: The Question of Time and History in Derrida’s Deconstruction 205 1. Derrida and Levinas 207 2. Derrida, Heidegger, and Time 210 3. The Problem of Genesis 212 4. Conclusion: Play and Messianicity 216 References 219 12: I See Your Meaning and Raise the Stakes by a Signature: The Invention of Derrida’s Work 220 1. Déjà – D.Ja. 221 2. The Concept of Countersignature? 226 3. The Second Invention of Relever 227 References 232 13: An Immemorial Remainder: The Legacy of Derrida 233 1. The Abstraction of the Greeks 235 2. Messianicity and Faith in “Faith and Knowledge” 241 3. The Legacy of Derrida: “Tolerance” 248 References 252 Part II: Derrida and . . . 255 14: Derrida and Ancient Philosophy (Plato and Aristotle) 257 1. Inclusion and Exclusion 258 2. Plato’s Exclusion of Writing 263 3. Conclusion: More and So Less Greek than the Greeks Themselves 272 References 276 15: There Is Neither Jew Nor Greek: The Strange Dialogue Between Levinas and Derrida 277 1. The Interrogation: Derrida’s Questions to Levinas 277 2. Neither Occidentalism, Nor Historicism 280 3. The Historical Coupling of Judaism and Hellenism and Their Decoupling 284 4. Beyond Assimilation and the Ghetto 287 References 292 16: The Crystallization of the Impossible: Derrida and Merleau-Ponty at the Threshold of Phenomenology 295 1. Derrida’s Deconstruction: Potency Rendered Impotent 297 2. Blindness 299 3. Auto-Affection is Hetero-Affection: Temporalization 301 4. Touch and the Crystallization of the Impossible 303 5. At the Threshold of Phenomenology 306 References 311 17: The Politics of Writing: Derrida and Althusser 313 1. The Three Rs at the École 314 2. Mathematical Writing 316 3. Two Theories of Reading and Writing 318 4. The Movement Between Two Forms 322 5. Conclusion 327 References 329 18: Derrida and Psychoanalysis 330 1. Introduction: The “Friend” of Psychoanalysis 330 2. An Invincible Force: A Reason Without Alibi 332 3. “Too Much at Home”: Psychoanalysis Too Philosophical 335 4. Cruelty and Psychoanalysis 339 5. Conclusion: Deconstruction’s Jouissance 343 References 346 19: Derrida and Barthes: Speculative Intrigues in Cinema, Photography, and Phenomenology 347 1. Of Ghosts and Machines 348 2. Différance’s “Elsewhere” 352 3. The Core and its Occulted Correlate 354 4. Emanations 359 5. Conclusion: Optical Recalls 366 References 369 20: Derrida and de Man: Two Rhetorics of Deconstruction 371 1. Not Even a Hint of Disagreement 371 2. De Man and Derrida Juxtaposed 375 3. Derrida’s Strategies of Argumentation 376 4. Conclusion: Not a Unified Theory 385 References 386 21: Fraternal Politics and Maternal Auto-Immunity: Derrida, Feminism, and Ethnocentrism 388 1. Derrida’s Reading of Rousseau: Auto-Immunity and Nature’s Supplement 388 2. Sexual Difference and the Supplement 390 3. Supplemental Objects of Desire 393 4. Fraternity and the Exclusion of Women 395 5. Birth, Nation, and Violence 398 6. Feminism, Ethnocentrism, and Auto-Immunity 401 References 403 22: Antigone as the White Fetish of Hegel and the Seductress of Derrida 404 1. Antigone: As Much about Slavery versus Freedom as Sexual Difference 406 2. Women Remain in Excess 407 3. Free from Servitude 410 4. The Form of the Text of Glas 412 5. Conclusion: From Sexual Difference to Racial Difference 415 References 416 23: Art’s Work: Derrida and Artaud and Atlan 417 1. Opening 417 2. From Philostratus’ Imagines 420 3. Artaud 424 4. Atlan 429 References 436 24: Heidegger and Derrida on Responsibility 438 1. Introduction 438 2. Heidegger’s Thought of Responsibility 440 A. Dasein and Responsibility 440 B. Responsibility as Appropriation of the Inappropriable 442 3. Derrida: From the Inappropriable to the Im-possible 445 A. The Primacy of the Improper 445 B. Rethinking the Possible . . . as Im-possible 447 C. Of an Im-possible Responsibility 448 4. Conclusion: The Secret of Responsibility 451 References 454 25: On Faith and the Holy in Heidegger and Derrida 456 1. Heidegger on Faith and Philosophy 457 2. The Holy and the Question of Being in Heidegger 460 3. Derrida on Faith and the Holy 464 4. Faith as a Source of Thinking in Derrida 468 5. Concluding Remarks 471 References 472 26: “Safe, Intact”: Derrida, Nancy, and the “Deconstruction of Christianity” 473 1. The Unscathed – Derrida’s “Faith and Knowledge” 475 2. Tact and Touch: Derrida’s On Touching – Jean-Luc Nancy 477 3. Do Not Wish to Touch Me: Noli Me Tangere 480 4. Intact: Nancy’s “Consolation, désolation” and “Salut à toi” 482 5. There’s Deconstruction and There’s Deconstruction9 484 References 488 27: Derrida and the Trace of Religion 490 1. The Trace (of) “God” 490 2. “My Religion, About Which Nobody Understands Anything” 494 3. The Return of Anti-Religion 501 References 504 28: Derrida and Islamic Mysticism: An Undecidable Relationship 506 1. “Islam, This Particular One and Not Islam in General” 507 2. Islamic Mysticism: Theological Engagement with Deconstruction 509 3. An Undecidable Relationship 513 References 514 29: Derrida and Education 516 1. Haby, GREPH, and Derrida’s Turn to Education 517 A. The Role of the Teacher 519 B. The Age of the Student 521 C. Philosophy’s Relation to a National Language 524 2. The Institution of the Collège International de Philosophie 525 A. The State, Censorship, and Ends-Oriented Research 526 B. Responsibility 528 C. Philosophy’s Engagement with Other Disciplines 530 3. Conclusion: A Call for New Work 532 References 532 Part III: Areas of Investigation 533 30: A Philosophy of Touching Between the Human and the Animal: The Animal Ethics of Jacques Derrida 535 1. Animal Touch According to Derrida 538 2. The Law of Animal Touch 541 3. An Ethics of Animal Touch in Derrida? 545 4. Conclusion: The Three Illusions of Touch 548 References 549 31: Poetry, Animality, Derrida 550 1. Pad 550 2. What Would You Like to Be? 553 3. Distracted Apocalypse 555 4. Final Cut 559 5. Postscript: In the Burrow 561 References 562 32: On Forgiveness and the Possibility of Reconciliation 563 1. “On the Way to Globalization” 565 2. How to Make Sense of Forgiveness? 567 3. Who Forgives? Forgiveness, Sovereignty, and the Gift 571 4. Experiencing Forgiveness 573 References 574 33: Cosmopolitanism to Come: Derrida’s Response to Globalization 576 1. Globalization and Cosmopolitanism 577 2. The Call or Voice of Cosmopolitanism to Come 580 3. Cosmopolitanism to Come and Différance 580 4. Cosmopolitanism to Come as an Unconditional Injunction 581 5. Cosmopolitanism to Come and Autoimmunization 583 6. Is Democratic Cosmopolitanism Unconditional? 585 7. The Primacy of Voices and Cosmopolitanism to Come 587 References 589 34: The Flipside of Violence, or Beyond the Thought of Good Enough 591 1. The Soul and Life, Plato and Nietzsche 593 2. The First Time Is the Last Time8 596 3. More Vigilance 600 4. Conclusion: The Flipside of Violence 601 References 605 35: Derrida/Law: A Differend 607 1. Before Law 607 2. Then, Law 609 3. Law French 614 4. Law Other-Wise 620 5. For Law 621 References 624 Bibliography of Secondary Sources on Derrida 625 Index 631 Introduces The Reader To The Positions Derrida Took In Various Areas Of Philosophy, As Well As Clarifying How Derrideans Interpret Them In The Present-- Truth In Derrida / Christopher Norris -- A Certain Truth : Derrida's Transformation Of The Kantian Heritage / Olivia Custer -- Difference / Claire Colebrook -- The Obscurity Of Différance / Gary Gutting -- Metaphor And Analogy In Derrida / Geoffrey Bennington -- The Slow And Differentiated Machinations Of Deconstructive Ethics / Kelly Oliver -- Deconstruction / Leonard Lawlor -- The Transcendental Claim Of Deconstruction / Maxime Doyon -- Writing The Violence Of Time : Derrida Beyond The Deconstruction Of Metaphysics / Björn Thorsteinsson -- Derrida's Radical Atheism / Martin Hägglund -- Play And Messianicity : The Question Of Time And History In Derrida's Deconstruction / Françoise Dastur -- I See Your Meaning And Raise The Stakes By A Signature : The Invention Of Derrida's Work / Peggy Kamuf -- An Immemorial Remainder : The Legacy Of Derrida / Rodolphe Gasché -- Derrida And Ancient Philosophy (plato And Aristotle) / Michael Naas --^ There Is Neither Jew Nor Greek : The Strange Dialogue Between Levinas And Derrida / Robert Bernasconi -- The Crystallization Of The Impossible : Derrida And Merleau-ponty At The Threshold Of Phenomenology / Sabrina Aggleton -- The Politics Of Writing : Derrida And Althusser / Edward Baring -- Derrida And Psychoanalysis / Elizabeth Rottenberg -- Derrida And Barthes : Speculative Intrigues In Cinema, Photography, And Phenomenology / Louise Burchill -- Derrida And De Man : Two Rhetorics Of Deconstruction / J. Hillis Miller -- Fraternal Politics And Maternal Auto-immunity : Derrida, Feminism, And Ethnocentrism / Penelope Deutscher -- Antigone As The White Fetish Of Hegel And The Seductress Of Derrida / Tina Chanter -- Art's Work : Derrida And Artaud And Atlan / Andrew Benjamin -- Heidegger And Derrida On Responsibility / Francçois Raffoul -- On Faith And The Holy In Heidegger And Derrida / Ben Vedder And Gert-jan Van Der Heiden --^ Safe, Intact : Derrida, Nancy, And The Deconstruction Of Christianity / Kas Saghafi -- Derrida And The Trace Of Religion / John D. Caputo -- Derrida And Islamic Mysticism : An Undecidable Relationship / Recep Alpyaǧil -- Derrida And Education / Samir Haddad -- A Philosophy Of Touching Between The Human And The Animal : The Animal Ethics Of Jacques Derrida / Patrick Llored -- Poetry, Animality, Derrida / Nicholas Royle -- On Forgiveness And The Possibility Of Reconciliation / Ann V. Murphy -- Cosmopolitanism To Come : Derrida's Response To Globalization / Fred Evans -- The Flipside Of Violence, Or Beyond The Thought Of Good Enough / Leonard Lawlor -- Derrida/law : A Differend / Pierre Legrand. Edited By Zeynep Direk, Leonard Lawlor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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