The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II (The Seminars of

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II (The Seminars of Jacques Derrida)

Following on from The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I, this book extends Jacques Derridaâ€™s exploration of the connections between animality and sovereignty.Â In this second year of the seminar, originally presented in 2002â€“2003 as the last course he would give before his death, Derrida focuses on two markedly different texts: Heideggerâ€™s 1929â€“1930 course The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics, and Daniel Defoeâ€™s Robinson Crusoe. As he moves back and forth between the two works, Derrida pursuesthe relations between solitude, insularity, world, violence, boredom and death as they supposedly affect humans and animals in different ways.
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Hitherto unnoticed or underappreciated aspects of Robinson Crusoe are brought out in strikingly original readings of questions such as Crusoeâ€™s belief in ghosts, his learning to pray, his parrot Poll, and his reinvention of the wheel. Crusoeâ€™s terror of being buried alive or swallowed alive by beasts or cannibals gives rise to a rich and provocative reflection on death, burial, and cremation, in part provoked by a meditation on the death of Derridaâ€™s friend Maurice Blanchot.Â Throughout, these readings are juxtaposed with interpretations of Heidegger's concepts of world and finitude to produce a distinctively Derridean account that will continue to surprise his readers.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2017-02-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226478531

Country	USA
Brand	University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer	University of Chicago Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2017-02-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780226478531

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II (The Seminars of Jacques Derrida)

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