I’ve read some great books by Derrida, but the latest of his seminars, The Death Penalty, Volume I, is right up there with them.
He is such a wonderful reader of texts. There is so much care, attention to detail, context and political import here. Some of the juxtapositions are really startling. I don’t intend to write about it – I’ve barely written on Derrida at all – but it is so inspiring. Yesterday was a day of travelling, from Vancouver to Halifax, but this book has made it a worthwhile day. There are many more of these seminars (really lecture courses) to come, as Derrida preserved his notes carefully over several decades, though they are coming out quite slowly.
Commendable response to Derrida. His writing is absorbing, isn’t it.
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