Farred G. (Ed.) Derrida and Africa: Jacques Derrida as a Figure for African Thought

Lexington Books, 2019. — 134 p. — African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue. — ISBN 978-1498581899.Derrida and Africa takes up Jacques Derrida as a figure of thought in relation to Africa, with a focus on Derrida’s writings specifically on Africa, which were influenced in part by his childhood in El Biar. From chapters that take up Derrida as Mother to contemplations on how to situate Derrida in relation to other African philosophers, from essays that connect deconstruction and diaspora to a chapter that engages the ways in which Derrida—especially in a text such as Monolingualism of the Other: or, the Prosthesis of Origin—is haunted by place to a chapter that locates Derrida firmly in postapartheid South Africa, Derrida in/and Africa is the insistent line of inquiry. Edited by Grant Farred, this collection asks: What is Derrida to Africa?, What is Africa to Derrida?, and What is this specter called Africa that haunts Derrida?Introduction: Africa, Still Remains / Grant Farred
The Place That Is Not Here: Derrida’s Africa and the Haunting of Place / Bruce B. Janz
Deconstruction as Diaspora: On Derrida, Africa, and Identity’s Deferral / John E. Drabinski
Jacques Derrida: Figure of Maternal Thought / Nicolette Bragg
Setting, an Example: Derrida’s South Africa (and Ours) / Jan Steyn
Jacques Derrida as an African Philosopher: Some Considerations from Francophone African Philosophy / Kasereka Kavwahirehi
Afterword: Respect for Derrida and Africa / Jean-Paul Martinon
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