Later Derrida Reading the Recent Work

For many readers of Jacques Derrida, the philosopher's work since the appearance of The Post Card in 1987 has been enriched by a new set of concerns and questions. In Later Derrida, Herman Rapaport offers four extended essays that examine Derrida's work of the past fifteen years. Drawing on his own deep familiarity with theory and with Derrida's work in particular, he shows what Derrida has to say on such subjects as postcolonialism, monolingism, trauma, memory and the archive. Of particular interest to readers of Derrida will be Rapaport's explanation of the concepts of Gemeinschaft (sect, society, etc.) and Gesellschaft (democracy, globalisation, etc.) in the French philosopher's work. The essays also consider Derrida's relation to the work of Trinh Minh-ha, Gayatri Spivak, Artaud and Heidegger. This lucid book will be a necessary companion to all readers of Derrida's writing.


Contents:
Preface 1. Deconstructions's Other 2. Monolinguism and Literature 3. Archive Trauma 4. Subjectilities. References Index


Author Biography:
Herman Rapaport is Professor of English at the University of Southampton. A critical theorist who specialized in cultural studies, he has published widely on issues relating to postmodernism and contemporary theory. Born in the Netherlands, Herman Rapaport earned his PhD at UC Irvine and taught at Loyola and Iowa. He held the DeRoy Chair at Wayne State before moving to Southampton in 2000.