A Companion to Derrida (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Book 56)

A Companion to Derrida is the most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida. Leading scholars present a summary of his most important accomplishments across a broad range of subjects, and offer new assessments of these achievements.The most comprehensive single volume reference work on the thought of Jacques Derrida, with contributions from highly prominent Derrida scholarsUnique focus on three major philosophical themes of metaphysics and epistemology; ethics, religion, and politics; and art and literatureIntroduces the reader to the positions Derrida took in various areas of philosophy, as well as clarifying how derrideans interpret them in the presentContributions present not only a summary of Derrida's most important accomplishments in relation to a wide range of disciplines, but also a new assessment of these accomplishmentsOffers a greater understanding of how Derrida's work has fared since his death