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Book 2001.0

Writing and Difference

Jacques Derrida; translated by Alan Bass

Philosophy Routledge 0415255837 Available

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Annotation: Writing and Difference, a collection of Jacques Derrida's essays written between 1959 and 1966, has become a landmark of contemporary French thought. In it we find Derrida at work on his systematic deconstruction of Western metaphysics.

Identifier: 0415255837

Status: Available

Book 1995.0

Semiological Reduction

M. C. Dillon

General Semiotics State University of New York Press 079142376X Available

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Other title information: a critique of the deconstructionist movement in postmodern thought

Annotation: This book interprets Derrida and looks beyond deconstructionism. It is a critique that identifies a pervasive flaw in Derrida's thinking: the semiological reduction that permeates deconstructionist theory and postmodernism in general. The critique focuses on Derrida, but its conclusions may be applied to other major figures in the postmodern tradition who espouse the variant of Saussurean semiology that reduces all meaning to the signification of signs. This book challenges the philosophy of deconstruction at its roots, and does so on the basis of a diligent reading of central texts and an understanding of the tradition of Continental philosophy providing the context for Derridian thought

Identifier: 079142376X

Status: Available

Book 1990.0

Beyond Goffman

Stephen H. Riggins

Social Mouton de Gruyter 3110122081 Available

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Other title information: Studies on Communication, Institution, and Social Interaction

Notes: Based on a conference held Dec. 1987 at the Central Institute of Indian Languages in Mysore, India.

Annotation: This book is a collection of original articles which endeavours to expand the scope of the theoretical views and empirical research Erving Goffman contributed to the social sciences. Most chapters take a critical stand toward his ideas while still recognizing his fundamental contribution to the field. Hence, the title Beyond Goffman. The book is divided into two parts. The first concentrates upon theory and explores Goffman's intellectual heritage (symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, the notion of social situation, the relation between micro and macro levels of analysis) and also examines the way his work relates to contemporary theoretical movements (semiotics, postmodernism, deconstructionism, and feminism). The second part of the book probes the insights found in his diverse empirical studies and expands the domain of their applications.

Identifier: 3110122081

Status: Available