Occasional Deconstructions

In Occasional Deconstructions, Julian Wolfreys challenges the notion that deconstruction is a critical methodology, offering instead a number of reintroductions or reorientations to the texts of Jacques Derrida and the idea or possibility of deconstructions. Proceeding from specific readings of vari...

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Main Author Wolfreys, Julian
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Albany State University of New York Press 2004
Edition1
Subjects
Criticism
Deconstruction
Historical analysis
Literature
Modernity
Movements
PHILOSOPHY
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Table of Contents:
  • INDEX OF PROPER NAMES NOTES WORKS CITED Part Five. READING TO COME Chapter 11. Guilty Reading Chapter 9. Hauntology or the Political? (or, No Politics, Not Now): Always Already Deceived Chapter 10. Letter to Martin McQuillan, Concerning “the New International”: The Indelible Marx of Haunting Chapter 8. Origins of Deconstruction? Deconstruction, that which arrives (if it arrives at all) Part Four. AFFIRMATIVE RESISTANCES Chapter 7. Occasions of Trauma and Testimony: Witnessing, Memory, and Responsibility Chapter 6. Citation’s Haunt: Spectres of Derrida Chapter 5. Eternity and a Day or, an “Endless Foreword”: Tout dire Part Three. APPARITIONING Chapter 4. Between: Speculations Chapter 3. Biography’s Ruins: The Afterlife of Mary Shelley Chapter 2. Uncanny Temporalities, Haunting Occasions: Sunset Boulevard Part Two. IDENTITIES IN RUINS Chapter 1. Reflecting on the Occasions of Introduction: Justifying the Unjustifiable or, Beginning Again Part One. FALSE STARTS INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS Title page, Copyright Page Cover
  • Intro -- Occasional Deconstructions -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One: FALSE STARTS -- 1. REFLECTING ON THE OCCASIONS OF INTRODUCTION: JUSTIFYING THE UNJUSTIFIABLE OR, BEGINNING AGAIN -- Part Two: IDENTITIES IN RUINS -- 2. UNCANNY TEMPORALITIES, HAUNTING OCCASIONS: SUNSET BOULEVARD -- 3. BIOGRAPHY'S RUINS: THE AFTERLIFE OF MARY SHELLEY -- 4. BETWEEN: SPECULATIONS -- Part Three: APPARITIONING -- 5. ETERNITY AND A DAY OR, AN "ENDLESS FOREWORD": TOUT DIRE -- 6. CITATION'S HAUNT: SPECTRES OF DERRIDA -- 7. OCCASIONS OF TRAUMA AND TESTIMONY: WITNESSING, MEMORY, AND RESPONSIBILITY -- Part Four: AFFIRMATIVE RESISTANCES -- 8. ORIGINS OF DECONSTRUCTION? DECONSTRUCTION, THAT WHICH ARRIVES (IF IT ARRIVES AT ALL) -- 9. HAUNTOLOGY OR THE POLITICAL? (OR, NO POLITICS, NOT NOW): ALWAYS ALREADY DECEIVED -- 10. LETTER TO MARTIN MCQUILLAN, CONCERNING "THE NEW INTERNATIONAL": THE INDELIBLE MARX OF HAUNTING -- Part Five: READING TO COME -- 11. GUILTY READING -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES