The Derrida Wordbook

by Dick, Maria-daniella; Wolfreys, Julian

• ISBN13: 9780748622757
• ISBN10: 0748622756
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-03-31
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

An extensive glossary of terms use by Derrida. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. He informed debate across many varied subjects and questions, from literature and philosophy to politics, ethics, religion, aesthetics, and culture. The Derrida Wordbook offers scholars, students, and researchers an extensive glossary, providing the reader with definitions of a wide range of terms employed by, or associated with, Derrida.

Author Biography

Maria-Daniella Dick is presently University Teacher in Literature since 1900 at the University of Glasgow; She has previously taught English Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow for 5 years, and in 2012 has been a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art.

Julian Wolfeys is author and editor of more than 40 books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century English literature and literary theory. Most recently he has published Dickens's London and The Derrida Wordbook, both with EUP. He is Professor of English Literature at the University of Portsmouth, where he is also Director of the Centre for Studies in LIterature. He recently published his first novel, Silent Music.