Skip to main content
Return to home
Publisher Logo: Click to return to the browse pagePublisher Logo: Click to return to the browse page
  • Home
  • Projects
Projects

Derrida and the Economy of Diffèrance

by Irene Harvey

Derrida and the Economy of Diffèrance is a study of Jacques Derrida's philosophies, described on its original 1986 front cover flap text as follows:


Despite, or perhaps because of, the popularity of Jacques Derrida among literary theorists, the philosophical community has for the most part ignored or rejected his work. In this valuable introduction to the philosophical implications of Derrida's thought, Irene E. Harvey argues that Derrida is indeed a philosopher, perhaps the most significant philosopher of our time. Situating Derrida's philosophical contribution within the Continental tradition of Kant, Hegel, Nietzche, Husserl, Heideffer, and Levinas, Harvey demonstrates that deconstruction is an approach not only to textuality but also to metaphysics. Tracing the development of Derrida's thought from lesser to greater complexity, Harvey investigates his explicit claims concerning the identity, function, and structure of deconstruction, metaphysics, and differance. She concludes that there exists a relation of economy among these three concepts within the structure of Derrida's work as a whole.

Project Hero Cover

Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Three Open Letters
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Derrida’s Kantian Affiliation or Prolegomena to the Deconstruction of Metaphysics and the Recognition of Différance
  • Section I. The Principles and the Practice of Deconstruction
    • Chapter I. The Principles
    • Chapter II. Deconstructive Gestures
  • Section II. Derrida and the Concept of Metaphysics
    • Chapter III. The Object of Deconstruction
  • Section III. Re-Cognizing Différance as the Apocalyptic Play of the World
    • Chapter IV. The Post-Scriptum of Beginning
      • A. Introduction
      • B. The Limits of Language
    • Chapter V. The Scope of Writing
    • Chapter VI. The Structure of Différance
      • A. The Limits of Economy
      • B. Postface: A New Transcendental Aesthetic?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-0-253-05188-2
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
  • restrictions
    CC-BY-NC-ND
  • rights
    Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University
  • rights holder
    Indiana University Press
  • rights territory
    World
Press Site
    • Log In
    • Projects
    • Home
    • Email
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Log In
    • Projects
    • Home
    • Email
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University. All rights reserved
Powered by Manifold