Deconstructions : A User's Guide

Deconstructions: A User's Guide is a new and unusual kind of book. At once a reference work and a series of inventive essays opening up new directions for deconstruction, it is intended as an authoritative and indispensable guide. With a helpful introduction and specially commissioned essays by leading figures in the field, Deconstructions offers lucid and compelling accounts of deconstruction in relation to a wide range of topics and discourses. Subjects range from the obvious (feminism, technology, postcolonialism) to the less so (drugs, film, weaving). Backed up by an unusually detailed index, this User's Guide demonstrates the innumerable and altering contexts in which deconstructive thinking and practice are at work, both within and beyond the academy, both within and beyond what is called 'the West'.

deconstructions Is A User's Guide To Deconstruction Across A Range Of Topics And Discourses. Chapter Topics Range From The Obvious (feminism, Post-colonialism, And Technology) To The Less So (drugs, Film, Weaving). Yet Each Of The Essays Has More Than One Focus, Exploring Or Opening On To Further And Other Deconstructions. The Book Has Been Put Together To Demonstrate The Multiple And Altering Contexts In Which Deconstructive Thinking And Practice Are At Work, Both Within And Beyond The Academy, Both Within And Beyond What Is Called The West. Nicholas Royle Has Commissioned New Essays By Some Of The Most Distinguished Contemporary Thinkers, Including Geoffrey Bennington, Diane Elam, J. Hillis Miller, And Jacques Derrida.

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with 15 Specially Commissioned Essays By Scholars In Literature And Philosophy, This Book Relates Deconstruction To A Range Of Topics And Discourses. These Topics Include: Cultural Studies, Drugs, Ethics, Feminism, Fiction, Film, Hermeneutics, Love, Poetry, Post-colonialism, Psychoanalysis, Technology, And Weaving. Royle Provides An Introductory Essay And Derrida Offers A Conclusion, Of Sorts. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

"Deconstructions: A User's Guide is a new and unusual kind of book. At once a reference work and a series of inventive essays opening up new directions for deconstruction, it is intended as an authoritative and indispensable guide. With specially commissioned essays by leading figures in the field, Deconstructions offers lucid and compelling accounts of deconstruction in relation to a wide range of topics and discourses. Subjects range from the obvious (feminism, technology, postcolonialism) to the less so (drugs, film, weaving), but each of the essays has more than one focus, exploring or opening on to further and other deconstructions. This book has been put together to demonstrate the ceaselessly multiple and altering contexts in which deconstructive thinking and practice are at work, both within and beyond the academy, both within and beyond what is called 'the West'."--BOOK JACKET. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 7 Acknowledgements 8 Notes on the Contributors 9 1 What is Deconstruction? 12 2 Deconstruction and Cultural Studies: Arguments for a Deconstructive Cultural Studies 25 3 Deconstruction and Drugs: A Philosophical/Literary Cocktail 55 4 Deconstruction and Ethics 75 5 Deconstruction and Feminism 94 6 Deconstruction and Fiction 116 7 Deconstruction and Film 130 8 Deconstruction and Hermeneutics 148 9 Deconstruction and Love 162 10 Deconstruction and a Poem 182 11 Deconstruction and the Postcolonial 198 12 Deconstruction and Psychoanalysis 222 13 Deconstruction and Technology 249 14 Deconstruction and Weaving 269 15 Et Cetera 293 Index 317 This guide to deconstruction ranges across topics and discourses, from the obvious to the less so. But each of the essays has more than one focus, exploring or opening on to further and other deconstructions