Jacques Derrida Theory and Practice (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

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Title: Theory and Practice
Condition: New
Description: Now in paperback, nine lectures from Jacques Derrida that challenge the influential Marxist distinction between thinking and acting.

Theory and Practice is a series of nine lectures that Jacques Derrida delivered at the École Normale Supérieure in 1976 and 1977. The topic of “theory and practice” was associated above all with Marxist discourse and particularly the influential interpretation of Marx by Louis Althusser. Derrida’s many questions to Althusser and other thinkers aim at unsettling the distinction between thinking and acting.
 
Derrida’s investigations set out from Marx’s “Theses on Feuerbach,” in particular the eleventh thesis, which has often been taken as a mantra for the “end of philosophy,” to be brought about by Marxist practice. Derrida argues, however, that Althusser has no such end in view and that his discourse remains resolutely philosophical, even as it promotes the theory/practice pair as primary values. This seminar also draws fascinating connections between Marxist thought and Heidegger and features Derrida’s signature reconsideration of the dichotomy between doing and thinking. This text, available for the first time in English, shows that Derrida was doing important work on Marx long before Specters of Marx. As with the other volumes in this series, it gives readers an unparalleled glimpse into Derrida’s thinking at its best—spontaneous, unpredictable, and groundbreaking.
Author: Jacques Derrida
Contributor: Geoffrey Bennington (Edited by), Peggy Kamuf (Edited by), David Wills (Translated by)
ISBN-10: 0226829359
EAN: 9780226829357
ISBN: 9780226829357
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 01/05/2024
Language: English
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 13mm
Item Weight: 200g
Translator: David Wills
Series: Seminars of Jacques Derrida
Release Year: 2024

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