Category Archives: Jacques Derrida

Princeton University Library Acquires Jacques Derrida’s Personal Library

Posted on April 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Princeton University Library Acquires Jacques Derrida’s Personal Library – news story here. The Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce the acquisition of the personal working library of Jacques Derrida… Derrida’s library, consisting of about 13,800 published books and … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks an interesting collection – Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy. This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Critical Theory’s 10 books that came out in October

Posted on November 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some good ones here – Sloterdijk, Rancière, Naas, Vogl and more…

Posted in Books, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek | 3 Comments

Books received – Derrida/Roudinesco, Nichols, Brennan, Neocleous, Shell, Society and Space

Posted on October 29, 2014 by stuartelden

In all that packaging were four books from Stanford University Press in recompense for review work – Derrida/Roudinesco, For What Tomorrow… ; Timothy Brennan, Borrowed Light: Vico, Hegel and the Colonies; Robert Nichols, The World of Freedom: Heidegger, Foucault, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Jacques Derrida, Mark Neocleous, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Society and Space | 1 Comment

Remembering Derrida: A Forum in the Los Angeles Review of Books

Posted on October 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Remembering Derrida: A Forum by Peggy Kamuf, Gil Anidjar, Elisabeth Weber,Michael Marder & Luce Irigaray in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

In the London Review of Books, Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I.

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Critical Theory books that came out in May

Posted on June 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A nice round-up of some recent books – Derrida, Laclau, Lefebvre, Damlé, Flusser, etc. -at critical-theory.com  

Posted in Books, Ernesto Laclau, Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Derrida | 1 Comment

Will Viney, Waste: A Philosophy of Things – forthcoming in July

Posted on May 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Will Viney, Waste: A Philosophy of Things – out now in July with Bloomsbury. 35% discount with code GLR D3D. Will kindly gave me a proof copy. It provides a very interesting approach to the topic, including an intriguing reading of King Lear, substantial discussion of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, urban/urbanisation, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War is reviewed at NDPR. I didn’t know about this translation before, but it sounds important and interesting: The first English translation of one of the foremost voices of contemporary moral and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Stiegler, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marc Crépon, Martin Heidegger, Politics | Leave a comment

Peter Gratton reviews Stiegler & Technics; Derrida’s The Death Penalty; and Johnston on Materialism

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton has been busy with reviews recently… A review of Christina Howells and Gerald Moore (eds.), Stiegler and Technics at NDPR A review article at Berfrois on Derrida’s The Death Penalty, Vol. 1  And a review article in Symposium on Adrian Johnston’s Prolegomena to Any Future … Continue reading →

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