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Derrida From Now On (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)
by Michael NaasWritten in the wake of Jacques Derrida's death in 2004, Derrida From Now On attempts both to do justice to the memory of Derrida and to demonstrate the continuing significance of his work for contemporary philosophy and literary theory. If Derrida's thought is to remain relevant for us today, it must be at once understood in its original context and uprooted and transplanted elsewhere. Michael Naas thus begins with an analysis of Derrida's attachment to the French language, to Europe, and to European secular thought, before turning to Derrida's long engagement with the American context and to the ways in which deconstruction allows us to rethink the history, identity, and promise of post-9/11 America. Taking as its point of departure several of Derrida's later works (from "Faith and Knowledge" and The Work of Mourning to Rogues and Learning to Live Finally), the book demonstrates how Derrida's analyses of the phantasms of sovereignty, the essential autoimmunity of democracy or religion, or the impossible mourning of the nation-state can help us to understand what is happening today in American culture, literature, and politics. Though Derrida's thought has always lived on only by being translated elsewhere, his disappearance will have driven home this necessity with a new force and an unprecedented urgency. Derrida From Now On is an effect of this force and an attempt to respond to this urgency.
Derrida and Textual Animality: For a Zoogrammatology of Literature (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)
by Rodolfo PiskorskiDerrida and Textual Animality: For a Zoogrammatology of Literature analyses what has come to be known, in the Humanities, as ‘the question of the animal’, in relation to literary texts. Rodolfo Piskorski intervenes in the current debate regarding the non-human and its representation in literature, resisting popular materialist methodological approaches in the field by revisiting and revitalising the post-structuralist thought of Derrida and the ‘linguistic turn’. The book focuses on Derrida’s early work in order to frame deconstructive approaches to literature as necessary for a theory and practice of literary criticism that addresses the question of the animal, arguing that texts are like animals, and animals are like texts. While Derrida’s late writings have been embraced by animal studies scholars due to its overt focus on animality, ethics, and the non-human, Piskorski demonstrates the additional value of these early Derridean texts for the field of literary animal studies by proposing detailed zoogrammatological readings of texts by Freud, Clarice Lispector, Ted Hughes, and Darren Aronofsky, while in dialogue with thinkers such as Butler, Kristeva, Genette, Deleuze and Guattari, and Attridge.
Derrida's Legacies: Literature and Philosophy
by Robert Eaglestone Simon GlendinningThis volume brings together some of the most well-known and highly respected commentators on the work of Jacques Derrida from Britain and America in a series of essays written to commemorate the life and come to terms with the death of one of the most important intellectual presences of our time. Derrida’s thought reached into nearly every corner of contemporary intellectual culture and the difference he has made is incalculable. He was indeed controversial but the astonishing originality of his work, always marked by the care, precision and respect with which he read the work of others, leaves us with a philosophical, ethical and political legacy that will be both lasting and decisive. The sometimes personal, always insightful essays reflect on the multiple ways in which Derrida’s work has marked intellectual culture in general and the literary and philosophical culture of Britain and America in particular. The outstanding contributors offer an interdisciplinary view, investigating areas such as deconstruction, ethics, time, irony, technology, location and truth. This book provides a rich and faithful context for thinking about the significance of Derrida’s own work as an event that arrived and perhaps still remains to arrive in our time. Contributors: Derek Attridge, Thomas Baldwin, Geoffrey Bennington, Rachel Bowlby, Alex Callinicos, David E. Cooper, Simon Critchley, Robert Eaglestone, Simon Glendinning, Marian Hobson, Christopher Johnson, Peggy Kamuf, Michael Naas, Nicholas Royle
Derrida, Supplements
by Jean-Luc NancyWhen Jean-Luc Nancy first encountered the work of Jacques Derrida in the 1960s, he knew he was hearing something new, a voice genuinely of its time. Thinking with and against each other over the course of their long friendship, the two thinkers reshaped the European intellectual landscape. Nancy’s writings on Derrida, collected in this volume, reflect on the elements of their shared concerns with politics, the arts, religion, the fate of deconstruction, and the future of sense. Rather than studies, commentaries, or interpretations of Derrida’s thought, they are responses to his presence—not exactly a presence to self, but a presence in the world.
Derroche
by María Sonia CristoffConstruida sobre las ruinas del agotamiento contemporáneo y con las reglas de una ciudad utópica en la que se superponen voces y géneros, esta novela vehemente e irónica incita a la rebelión contra el dominio del éxito y el mandato productivo. Una carta sorprende a Lucrecia. Entre frases iracundas contra el trabajo y el mito del progreso Vita, su tía recién fallecida, encriptó el mapa de un tesoro enterrado en medio de La Pampa. Poco a poco, esa voz y la sucesión de acontecimientos descabellados que desencadena trastocan sus costumbres mundanas y su férrea disciplina laboral. Irónica y corrosiva, sin perder el sentido del humor ni por un instante, Cristoff revela el extractivismo vital que subyace en tantas prácticas contemporáneas. Del mail a la autobiografía, de la crónica de viajes al retrato y el telegrama, del teatro al cancionero anarquista, la novela se va armando en una superposición de personajes, formatos y géneros al modo de los números de las ferias o los circos ambulantes. Preciosamente escrita, Derroche es una brillante sátira social que homenajea a la picaresca y convoca a una fiesta de los insurrectos. La crítica dijo... «Hay una notable precisión verbal y conceptual en los textos de María Sonia Cristoff. La justeza infalible que encuentran las palabras, tanto en sus crónicas como en sus novelas, parece suscitada por la nitidez de sus ideas, aunque a la vez parece suscitarla.»Martín Kohan, Clarín «Sus libros cuestionan la idea misma de la literatura, la tradición, a la persona que está leyendo. Su escritura arriesga un gesto innovador más allá del tablero de las imitaciones literarias.»Belén Gopegui «Cristoff está lejos de ser un bicho más. Ella es, por el contrario, un ejemplar magnífico de cronista-ensayista-narradora: una especie única y acaso en vías de extinción.»Alejandra Costamagna «Su voz narrativa es de una gran singularidad. Sus libros son fascinantes.»Jordi Nopca, Ara
Derrumbe
by Daniel GuebelUna desgarradora historia de amor contada por la voz más autorizada para hacerlo. «Derrumbe» cuenta las consecuencias inmediatas de una separación conyugal. Guebel se concentra en la sucesión de emociones que dejan su huella con violencia: el desengaño, la decepción, el alivio y el dolor de un varón de mediana edad que ve cómo su vida entera se hunde y desaparece por esa grieta. En un recuento desordenado e impaciente, Guebel registra el hundimiento de sus ambiciones, sueños y esperanzas, y extrae de los episodios una verdad espléndida: el amor por la hija del matrimonio, testigo discreto amenazado por la edad, por la sombra que proyecta el conflicto entre sus padres. Escrito con una elegancia que borra la obviedad del guiño, con una inspiración romántica que se juega a decirlo todo sobre el corazón de un hombre, «Derrumbe» es un conmovedor descenso al infierno, un perfecto ejemplo de cómo deben comunicarse las experiencias y los sentimientos.
Derry Folk Tales
by Madeline McCully Georgia RhoadesThis lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the County Derry is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and recent, dark and funny, fantastical and powerful. Here you will find stories of mythical beasts such as the Lig-na-Paiste, banished by St Murrough to Lough Foyle; the dark tales of Abhartach, the Irish Vampire, and the reason a skeleton features of Derry’s coat of arms; the cautionary tale of the man who raised the Devil and who never spoke another word for the rest of his life; and, of course, the legends of the great St Columba, founder of the City of Derry, whose prayer reputedly still protects its inhabitants from ever being struck by lightening. These well-loved and magical stories, retold by professional storyteller Madeline McCully and richly illustrated with enchanting line drawings, are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.
Derry's Partner (Famous Dog Stories)
by Hubert EvansDerry, a pedigreed Airedale, lived in the wild open country of the Northwest. Quite different was Derry's partner, Mac--half Newfoundland and half husky. This is the story of these two dogs and their master, Ed Sibley. It recounts their adventures in the wilderness--and the bravery of the dogs against man and beast who tried to do their master harm. Sometimes it was a battle with wolves, again it was a fierce fight with a bear, once it was Derry's partner that succeeded in running down a criminal and saving his master from disgrace. And there is something beyond story in this book. The author knows dogs and writes about them with understanding. No one can read the story of Derry and Mac without learning a great deal about the way to handle a dog--and without loving dogs more than ever as the finest of companions both at play and at work.
Derry: Airedale of the Frontier (Famous Dog Stories)
by Hubert EvansHere is a book for every boy who has owned a dog or who hopes some day to own one. Derry was a finely bred airedale belonging to Ed Sibley of Twin Forks in the wild open country of the Northwest. As a young dog he was rather inclined to disobedience and wildness, qualities that disappointed his master, who had hoped to make a companion of him in that rough and often lonely country. Later, however, Derry proved that there was real stuff in him, as he accompanied his master on hunting and trapping parties and, in several instances, played the leading role in a rather tight situation. Fights with bears, wolves, wild cats, and other animals of the forest lend excitement to the story. And there is much more than merely a good story in this book. For in its pages you will find a great deal of information about how to manage a dog, how to correct his faults, and how to train him in good manners and usefulness.
Dervish Daughter
by Sheri S. TepperI am called Jinian Footseer by some. By some, Jinian Star-Eye. And by some, the Wizard Jinian. One or two call me Dervish Daughter.On thinking it over, I decided I had been right all along. Everything I had told Peter was true. All the evidence pointed in one way and one way only. I felt as I had felt so long ago, travelling toward Bleer with Peter, when he put the clues to a mystery in my hands and asked me to make sense of it. Now, as then, all the pieces were in my hands, or my head.The great flitchhawk who had granted me a boon in Chimmerdong, and the d'bor wife, and the gobblemole. The story of Lite Star and the Daylight Bell. The Oracle. The Eesties. Yellow crystals and blue, separated by a thousand years of time. My illness in Chimmerdong, the diagnoses of Bartelmy of the Ban, the Dervish, my mother. All these. No matter how I turned them, there was no other explanation.Could anything be done?
Dervishes: A Novel
by Beth HelmsThe richly textured, panoramic story of an American mother and daughter stuck in the expatriate community of Ankara, Turkey, in 1975--each of them trying to discover a life in the larger world, each in way over her headWhen she is twelve years old, Canada moves with her mother and father to Ankara, Turkey, where her father has been stationed by the government. It is 1975--the Cold War is in full swing and tensions in the Middle East are escalating. But in Ankara's diplomatic community, the days are lazy and indulgent--one long cocktail party. While her father routinely disappears on official business, Canada and her mother, Grace, find themselves in the company of gossipy embassy wives and wealthy Turkish women, immersed in a routine of card games and afternoons at the baths. By the time summer comes, and the city's electricity shuts down from dawn to dusk, mother and daughter can no longer tolerate the insular society--or each other. Alternating between their perspectives, Dervishes follows Canada and Grace as they set out into the larger city: Grace is drawn to the lover of her wealthy, manipulative Turkish friend; Canada competes with another girl for the attentions of an arrogant Turkish houseboy, one who knows all their mothers' secrets. Before long, both are in over their heads, and their transgressions threaten to strand them between the safe island of westerners and a strange city that guards its secrets fiercely. Written with sensuousness and empathy, Beth Helms's debut is the story of a mother and daughter cut loose from their foundations, hungry for independence but dangerously naive.
Derwood, Inc.
by Jeri MassiJack and his sister Penny investigate suspicious activities at the mattress store and visit Aunt Irene in Ohio where Jack is almost kidnapped. Written for 5th graders.
Deryni Checkmate
by Katherine KurtzMore than thirty years ago, Katherine Kurtz changed the face of fantasy with the Deryni Chronicles. In 2005, Ace published a newly revised and expanded Deryni Checkmate in hardcover. Now, that edition is available in mass market for the first time.
Deryni Rising
by Katherine KurtzThe classic novel that introduced the Deryni?and launched Kurtz?s career. For more than thirty years, the Deryni Chronicles have transported readers to a world of secret sorcery and courtly intrigue. Now fans of the series can revel anew in the dawning of an epic.
Deryni Rising
by Katherine KurtzIn the kingdom of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic!
Des Bäckerlehrlings Johannisnacht (Classics To Go)
by Helene BöhlauHelene Böhlau, verh. al Raschid Bey, (* 22. November 1856[1] in Weimar; † 26. März 1940 in Augsburg[2]) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Helene Böhlau war die Tochter des Weimarer Verlagsbuchhändlers Hermann Böhlau und dessen Frau Therese geb. Thon. Sie genoss eine sorgfältige Privaterziehung. Um ihren geistigen Horizont zu erweitern, schickte man sie auf Reisen ins Ausland. Auf einer solchen in den Orient lernte sie den Architekten und Privatgelehrten Friedrich Arnd kennen und lieben. Dieser, um Helene als zweite Frau heiraten zu können, konvertierte vom Judentum zum Islam und nannte sich fortan Omar al Raschid Bey. Ihr Vater verbot ihr daraufhin das Haus. Er begegnete ihr zwar später noch einmal, ihren Ruhm aber hat er nicht mehr erlebt. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)
Des Hommes Dangereux (Such Men Are Dangerous)
by Lawrence Block Sara Sugihara Yann CarmonaA military noir thriller from early in Lawrence Block's lengthy career, it deals with an ex-Green Beret, Paul Kavanagh, who is called out of semi-retirement on a little island in Florida to steal a shipment of high-tech weapons being stored in South Dakota -- an entertaining stand-alone with plenty of twists and turns and reversals, as military heists are apparently not that easy to pull off.
Des Schloßbauers Vefele (Classics To Go)
by Berthold AuerbachBerthold Auerbach, eigentlich Moses Baruch Auerbacher, (* 28. Februar 1812 in Nordstetten (heute Ortsteil von Horb); † 8. Februar 1882 in Cannes) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. "Des Schloßbauers Vefele" ist eine Geschichte aus dem Dorf Nordstetten und seiner Umgebung. Die Dorfgeschichten haben eine leicht überschaubare Struktur und schildern das gewöhnliche Leben der gesellschaftlichen Unterschichten im damaligen Deutschland. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)
Des Zauberers Geheimnis
by Frank Dietz Rain OxfordAyden Dracre, der jüngste Sohn einer Familie berüchtigter Hexer, ist mit seinem Studium der Magie zufrieden, bis Merlin die Welt Caldaca verlässt, um seinen Fluch brechen zu können. Während Ayden auf die Rückkehr von Merlin wartet, begeht er einen Fehler, der ihn dazu bringt, seine magischen Fähigkeiten in Frage zu stellen. Bald darauf entdeckt er, dass sowohl sein Tante als auch Merlin in Gefahr schweben, und um sie zu retten, muss Ayden Dinge tun, die er noch nie versucht hat. Da zwei mächtige Feinde und ein finsteres Wesen ihn bedrohen, muss Ayden sehr sorgfältig überlegen, wem er vertrauen kann. Und Merlin muss sich auf Ayden verlassen, als seine Vergangenheit zurückkehrt und seine Zukunft bedroht.
Des choses que l'obscurité a toujours tenues: Un Conte de Baker Johnson
by Terry M. WestUn conte de Baker Johnson Baker Johnson rencontre un monstre légendaire se faisant passer pour un gangster. Baker Johnson est un chercheur physique, démonologue et exorciste vivant à New York dans les années 1930. Brillant mais profondément imparfait, Baker a une perception extraterrestre qui lui permet de lire les gens avec seulement un regard. «Dans Les Choses que L’Obscurité a Toujours Tenues», Baker est approché par un dangereux mafieux connu sous le nom de Johnny Stücke. La chambre noire de Baker, un endroit où les objets hantés sont catalogués et conservés, que Stücke est déterminé de posséder. Baker est présenté à la société secrète connue comme les Choses de la Nuit. Et il est peut-être la seule chose entre le monde de l’homme et la menace la plus dangereuse qu’il n’est jamais connu.
Des cookies pour séduire (Contes d'un étrange livre de cuisine #4)
by Amber Kell Myriam AbbasContes d'un étrange livre de cuisine, numéro hors sérieAprès la mort de sa sœur, l’homme d’affaires Marshall Hunter obtient la garde de sa nièce. Peu habitué aux enfants, Marshall peine à se lier à elle. Dans un effort pour la mettre plus à l’aise dans son nouveau foyer, il engage le peintre muraliste professionnel Pace Barlow pour personnaliser sa chambre. Pace est intrigué par sa minuscule cliente et encore plus intéressé par son bel oncle, mais il n’est pas certain d’être prêt pour la responsabilité d’une famille déjà formée. Quand Marshall décide de déménager pour le bien de sa nièce, pourra-t-il conserver sa relation avec son jeune artiste, ou devra-t-il abandonner l’amour pour devenir le bon père de cette petite fille solitaire ? L’amour préparé dans une recette à l’ancienne pourrait bien réunir les deux hommes, mais certaines choses ont besoin de davantage que des cookies magiques pour être réparées.
Des fraises en dessert (Coda (Français))
by Marie Sexton Domitile MalinCoda, numéro hors sérieLorsque Jonathan Kechter accepte de rencontrer Cole Fenton, il ne s’attend à rien d’autre qu’à un dîner et une nuit sans lendemain… mais il ne s’attendait pas non plus à Cole. Cole est arrogant, extravagant et pas du tout le genre de Jon. Toutefois, lorsque Cole lui propose une relation sexuelle sans aucun engagement lorsqu’ils sont tous les deux en ville, Jon accepte immédiatement. Cet arrangement est peut-être sans aucun engagement, mais Jonathan apprend vite qu’entre sa peur de toute intimité et sa vie de nomade, avec Cole Fenton, rien n’est facile. Jonathan se demande si leur relation n’est pas vouée à l’échec dès le départ. Mais plus Cole le repousse, plus Jonathan est déterminé à la sauver.
Des hommes ordinaires
by Eric ArvinChip Arnold, entraîneur apprécié de l’équipe de football américain d’une petite université d’arts libéraux, est loin d’avoir une vie rangée. Il sort boire avec ses collègues, s’entend bien avec ses joueurs et fréquente les plus jolies filles de la ville. En somme, il mène la vie que la plupart des hommes rêveraient d’avoir. Mais, dernièrement, aucune des femmes qu’il rencontre ne semble déclencher la moindre passion en lui. Tout bascule lorsqu’il rencontre le nouvel aumônier du campus, Foster Lewis.Tomber amoureux d’un autre homme est totalement nouveau et peut s’avérer terrifiant. Sans que Chip puisse mettre le doigt sur ce qui l’attire tant chez Foster, le sentiment est plus fort que tout ce qu’il a pu ressentir auparavant. N’hésitant jamais à relever un défi, Chip se jette à l’eau, mais… l’amour n’est jamais simple, et parfois les choses tournent au véritable bordel.
Des rats dans la tête
by Antonio Morcillo Lopez Anne-Laure LachaudPol Pot, Idi Amín, Saddam Hussein et Staline, sont des rats qui vivent dans une boîte transparente. Ils sont habitués aux expériences scientifiques et savent ce que souffrir veut dire. Avec le temps, ils ont fini par considérer la décharge électrique comme une sorte de divinité insaisissable. Ils ne comprennent pas vraiment pourquoi elle survient, ni pourquoi on leur inflige autant de souffrance. Un jour, une décharge électrique un peu trop forte, a finalement raison d'eux. Ils passent alors de l'autre côté; celui des morts et décident de rendre visite au scientifique qui leur faisait subir toutes ces expériences. C'est l'heure de rendre des comptes...