Between Foucault and Derrida / / edited by Yubraj Aryal [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792843303321
• Autore: Aryal Yubraj
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-7486-9772-1; 0-7486-9770-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 194.082
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Modern - 20th century; Philosophy, French - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction: Between Foucault and Derrida -- I. The History of Madness Debate -- 2. Cogito and the History of Madness -- 3. My Body, This Paper, This Fire -- 4. ‘But Such People Are Insane’: On a Disputed Passage from the First Meditation -- 5. A Return to Descartes’ First Meditation -- 6. Deconstruction, Care of the Self, Spirituality: Putting Foucault and Derrida to the Test -- II. The End of Reason -- 7. The History of Historicity: The Critique of Reason in Foucault (and Derrida) -- 8. The End of Man: Foucault, Derrida and the Auto-Bio-Graphical -- III. The Voice -- 9. ‘Murmurs’ and ‘Calls’: The Significance of Voice in the Political Reason of Foucault and Derrida -- 10. ‘Let Others Be Ends in Themselves’: The Convergence Between Foucault’s Parrhesia and Derrida’s Teleiopoesis -- IV. The Placeless Place -- 11. The Aporia and the Problem -- 12. The Folded Unthought and the Irreducibly Unthinkable: Singularity, Multiplicity and Materiality, In and Between Foucault and Derrida -- V. Crisis, Life and Death -- 13. Living and Dying with Foucault and Derrida: The Question of Biopower -- 14. Philosophy on Trial: The Crisis of Deciding Between Foucault and Derrida -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the biographical, historical and philosophical connections ; between Jacques Derrida and Michel FoucaultBetween Foucault and Derrida explores the notorious Cogito debate and includes: the central articles, an important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade, along with a letter Foucault wrote to Beyssade in response – both these pieces available for the first time in English translation. In the second part of the book, 10 essays written by some of the most well-known scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two profoundly important thinkers.Key FeaturesThe first collection of the central essays involved in the Cogito debate between Foucault and DerridaIncludes the first English translations of Jean-Marie Beyssade’s important 1973 article on the debate and Foucault's letter in responseSome of the best-known scholars working in continental philosophy today examine where Foucault and Derrida converge and diverge, and how they ultimately shaped each other’s projectsContributorsAmy Allen, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.Ellen Armour, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Tennessee, USA. Yubraj Aryal, University of Montreal, Canada and New York University, USA. Jean-Marie Beyssade, University of Paris IV, France.Vernon W. Cisney, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA.Fred Evans, Duquesne University, Pennsylvania, USA.Peter Gratton, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.Leonard Lawlor, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.Edward McGushin, Stonehill College, Massachusetts, USA.Nicolae Morar, University of Oregon, Oregon, USA. Jeff Nealon, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.Christopher Penfield, Purdue University, Indiana, USA.Arkady Plotnitsky, Purdue University, Indiana, USA. Paul Rekret, Richmond, The American International University in London, UK. Alan Schrift, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA.