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Product Details

  • Series: Religion and Postmodernism
  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; unknown edition (June 15, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0226042626
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226042626
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsEssential
By A. S. Proctor on July 8, 2007
Format: Paperback
It is clear that Bennington "gets" Derrida in this work. Bennington is easily one of the (maybe) 2 or 3 persons alive that are even nearly qualified to "finish Derrida's sentence." Everything I read of his is almost as if Derrida, himself, were writing.

Though an excellent look at exactly what Derrida is up to in his early days from Grammatology to Glas, this is not for the beginner. "Deconstruction in a Nutshell" by John Caputo and "How to Read Derrida" by Penelope Deutscher are better for introductory purposes.

This work was indispensable for me, as I was introduced to Derrida through his later works and had very little idea how his whole project began in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

If you are fairly experienced in theory, I would recommend laboring through this work, then re-reading it a couple years later after further work with Derrida, Heidegger, etc. It will clear up a lot of question marks while opening up new, more exciting ones.
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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent, mind-bending primer
By Peej on January 6, 2007
Format: Paperback
I'll admit that it's hard enough to read Derrida, and I won't suggest that this is easier - in fact, reading this as a straightforward work front-to-back will probably lead to more confusion. But I definitely appreciate Derrida's paratextual manipulations and evasions of Bennington, who tries as hard as he can to pin down Derrida's thought at the same time. Bennington's topical arrangement is a great entre into the various subjects Derrida takes up in his philosophy, as long as you don't take it too dogmatically... and Derrida constantly comments in his running footnote to make sure that you don't.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA Matter of Taste
By Martin Asiner on June 16, 2012
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If one reads JACQUES DERRIDA by Jacques Derrida and Geoffrey Bennington as an attempt to combine theme with content, then the result will surely be what it is: a massively unruly exposition of deconstruction which practices what it preaches. The basic idea of deconstruction is that there is no definitive linking of signifier to its ultimate referent, called variously the "metaphysics of presence" or the logocentric reality. One signifier seeks its signified which in turn seeks its referent, but in the unruly world of Derridean deconstruction, that referent is never found. The result is that one signified points only to another in an eternal linguistic loop. There is no "there" there. Further, since Derrida asserts that there is nothing outside the text, then the very definitions of words like "text," "border," and "page" need some serious adjustment. The rules that most readers think of as natural are now seen as not so natural at all. A page, for example, is not merely a piece of paper with a fixed set of dimensions bounded by such determinate barriers as letters per line, words per page, or special marks. Instead, in JACQUES DERRIDA, what Derrida and Bennington have done was to unite concept to reality. About two thirds of each page is reserved for Bennington. The bottom third is separated by a horizontal line, under which is a running commentary by Derrida. Bennington's approach is reasonably traditional; he discusses in a general manner the rudiments of Derridean deconstruction. Derrida's contribution is harder to fathom; he rambles as if each rambling thought were a signified seeking its referent. Alas, just as all signifieds vainly point everywhere except to that, so do Derrida's linguistic peregrinations similarly meander.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
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