Reading Derrida Reading Derrida
Deconstruction as Self-Inheritance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5842701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sana Haddad (0000-0001-5072-1699, Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 505-520 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Philosophical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-2559 • E-ISSN: 1466-4542 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09672550601003314 |
| OpenAlex | W2088779705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Derrida argued at great length early on in his career that texts live on in the absence of their author. The question remains, however, of precisely how this survival takes place. In this paper I argue that the life of Derrida's own œuvre is sustained through his particular practice of self-inheritance. I justify this claim by focusing on one moment in the text Rogues: Two Essays on Reason, in which Derrida inherits from himself through self-citation. In citing himself while at the same time modifying his citation, Derrida sets into motion a deconstruction of his own text that he does not seem to anticipate. It is this movement of deconstruction that enables Derrida's text to live on
Close reading · Deconstruction (building · Inheritance · Digital Media and Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |