This Is Not Sufficient: An Essay on Animality and Human Nature in Derrida

by Leonard Lawlor

Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." In particular, he challenged Heidegger's, Husserl's, and other philosophers' work on the subject, questioning their phenomenological criteria for distinguishing humans from animals. Examining a range of Derrida's writings, including his most recent L'animal que donc je suis, as well as Aporias, Of Spirit, Rams, and Rogues, Leonard Lawlor reconstructs a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231143125
• ISBN13: 9780231143127
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"