Matchbook: Essays in Deconstruction

by David Wills and David Wills

Book Overview

Matchbook consists of nine essays written around, or in response to, work published by Jacques Derrida since 1980. The focal point of the essays is the "Envois," which forms part of Derrida's Post Card. Particular attention is paid to how that text articulates with the ethical and political emphases of Derrida's more recent work, but also to its autobiographical conceit.

The "incendiary" reference of the book's title underscores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804741360
• ISBN13: 9780804741361
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"