Derrida and Africa : Jacques Derrida as a figure for African thought /
Derrida and Africa takes up Jacques Derrida as a figure of thought in relation to Africa, with a focus on Derrida's writings specifically on Africa, which were influenced in part by his childhood in El Biar. From chapters that take up Derrida as Mother to contemplations on how to situate Derrid...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2020]
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| Series: | African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Africa, Still Remains / Grant Farred
- The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida's Africa and the Haunting of Place / Bruce B. Janz
- Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity's Deferral / John E. Drabinski
- Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought / Nicolette Bragg
- Setting, an Example: Derrida's South Africa (and Ours) / Jan Steyn
- Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some considerations from Francophone African Philosophy / Kasareka Kavwahirehi
- Afterword: Respect for Derrida in/and Africa / Jean-Paul Martinon.