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Derrida's Breakfast
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Derrida's Breakfast
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Brooks
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:128 | Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 124 |
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Category/Genre | Western philosophy from c 1900 to now |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781921556999
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Classifications | Dewey:194 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
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Imprint |
Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
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Publication Date |
1 June 2016 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
Four essays, three on the philosopher Jacques Derrida, whose writings have so influenced our time (one on his breakfast, one on his cat, one on his relationship with a snake, and one (on the killing of doves) on the great early twentieth century poet Rilke - each of them examining key failures and challenges in the relationship of poetry, philosophy and 'the animal', and each entertaining, absorbing, and thought-provoking well beyond its given subject. A book that crosses with apparent ease the boundaries of philosophy, literary criticism (there are passages on Coleridge, on D.H. Lawrence, on Henry Lawson) and human-animal relations, by a writer recently described as 'one of the most skilful, unusual and versatile of Australian writers' (Sydney Morning Herald, January 2016).
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