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Derrida and Africa

Jacques Derrida as a Figure for African Thought

Edited by Grant Farred - Afterword by Jean-Paul Martinon - Contributions by Bruce B. Janz; John E. Drabinski; Nicolette Bragg; Jan Steyn and Kasereka Kavwahirehi

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 Derrida in relation to other African philosophers, from essays that connect deconstruction and diaspora to a chapter that engages the ways in which Derrida—especially in a text such as Monolingualism of the Other: or, the Prosthesis of Origin—is haunted by place to a chapter that locates Derrida firmly in postapartheid South Africa, Derrida in/and Africa is the insistent line of inquiry. Edited by Grant Farred, this collection asks: What is Derrida to Africa?, What is Africa to Derrida?, and What is this specter called Africa that haunts Derrida?

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Lexington Books
Pages: 134 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-4985-8189-9 • Hardback • October 2019 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-4985-8191-2 • Paperback • March 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-8190-5 • eBook • October 2019 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers, Philosophy / Comparative Philosophy, History / Africa / General, Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Grant Farred is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University.

Contents

Introduction: Africa, Still Remains

Grant Farred

  1. The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida’s Africa and the Haunting of Place

Bruce B. Janz

  1. Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity’s Deferral

John E. Drabinski

  1. Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought

Nicolette Bragg

  1. Setting, an Example: Derrida’s South Africa (and Ours)

Jan Steyn

  1. Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some considerations from Francophone African Philosophy

Kasareka Kavwahirehi

Afterword: Respect for Derrida in/and Africa

Jean-Paul Martinon

About the Editor

About the Contributors

A brilliant, dazzling, differing, and deferring attempt to grasp and at the same time not to grasp Derrida in/and Africa. This work is a very Derridean specter that is haunted by the goal it approaches and yet avoids.
— Paget Henry, professor of Africana studies and sociology, Brown University


Derrida and Africa

Jacques Derrida as a Figure for African Thought

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Hardback
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Summary
Summary
  • 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 Derrida in relation to other African philosophers, from essays that connect deconstruction and diaspora to a chapter that engages the ways in which Derrida—especially in a text such as Monolingualism of the Other: or, the Prosthesis of Origin—is haunted by place to a chapter that locates Derrida firmly in postapartheid South Africa, Derrida in/and Africa is the insistent line of inquiry. Edited by Grant Farred, this collection asks: What is Derrida to Africa?, What is Africa to Derrida?, and What is this specter called Africa that haunts Derrida?

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 134 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-4985-8189-9 • Hardback • October 2019 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-4985-8191-2 • Paperback • March 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-4985-8190-5 • eBook • October 2019 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
    Series: African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers, Philosophy / Comparative Philosophy, History / Africa / General, Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Author
Author
  • Grant Farred is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Contents

    Introduction: Africa, Still Remains

    Grant Farred

    1. The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida’s Africa and the Haunting of Place

    Bruce B. Janz

    1. Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity’s Deferral

    John E. Drabinski

    1. Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought

    Nicolette Bragg

    1. Setting, an Example: Derrida’s South Africa (and Ours)

    Jan Steyn

    1. Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some considerations from Francophone African Philosophy

    Kasareka Kavwahirehi

    Afterword: Respect for Derrida in/and Africa

    Jean-Paul Martinon

    About the Editor

    About the Contributors

Reviews
Reviews
  • A brilliant, dazzling, differing, and deferring attempt to grasp and at the same time not to grasp Derrida in/and Africa. This work is a very Derridean specter that is haunted by the goal it approaches and yet avoids.
    — Paget Henry, professor of Africana studies and sociology, Brown University


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