R. Beardsworth: The Future of Critical Philosophy and World Politics

The author is interested in re-examining Derrida’s legacy and its role in critical philosophy and the contemporary moment of modernity in a way that does away with what he sees as the generally limited potential of recent French thought.
What’s at stake for him is the understanding that “at the precise moment [...]

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L. Burns – Derrida and the promise of community

In his essay Derrida and the Promise of Community Lawrence Burns describes Derrida’s early work on the speech act in relationship to his later work on the function of the promise. Burns places this writing within a system of ethics and points out that Derrida’s deconstruction of the promise of writing is that it [...]

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L. Lawlor : ‘Looking for Noon at Two O’Clock: An Investigation of Specters of Marx’

Personally, I enjoyed this essay quite a bit. Obviously, anyone who is considering a final paper on Specters would find this essay helpful for their research. However, less obviously, it would be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about the thinkers that influence Derrida’s work (or, more precisely, the thinkers [...]

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An interview with Derrida on Specters of Marx and Politics of Friendship

Read the interview here…

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