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The Wild Card of Reading

The Wild Card of Reading On Paul De Man

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Publisher's Synopsis

One of the most knowledgeable and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasché, a philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to merit close attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure style. Gasché shows that de Man's "reading" centers on a dimension of the texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension characterized by the "absolutely singular."

Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed deconstructionists, Gasché differentiates between the two by emphasizing Derrida's primary interest in "writing," and postulates that the best way to come to terms with de Man's works is to "read" them athwart the writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida. He shows his respect for the "immanent logic" of de Man's thought--which he lays out in great detail--while revealing his uneasiness at the oddness of that thought and its consequences.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780674952966
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 801.95092
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 422g
Height: 233mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 19mm