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Description: Deconstructing the Death Penalty by Kelly Oliver, Stephanie Straub, Katie Chenoweth, Lisa Guenther, Christina Howells, Peggy Kamuf, Kir Kuiken, Elissa Marder, Michael Naas This volume represents the first collection of essays devoted exclusively to Jacques Derridas Death Penalty Seminars, conducted from 1999-2001. The volume includes essays from a range of scholars working in philosophy, law, Francophone studies, and comparative literature, including established Derridians, activist scholars, and emerging scholars. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derridas final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. Deconstructing the Death Penalty provides remarkable insight into Derridas ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derridas thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, the contributors also elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his subsequent deconstructions of sovereign power and the human/animal divide. Because Derrida was concerned with the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars have proven useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. The volume establishes Derridas importance for continuing debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality. At the same time, by deconstructing the theologico-political logic of the death penalty, it works to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take. Back Cover " Deconstructing the Death Penalty is an important collection of essays on a single work by Jacques Derrida. Among its authors impressive credentials is their rich knowledge of the philosophers corpus of work, manifest on every page. Given that these seminars are at the core of Derridas life-long and, in his latter years, explicit and over-riding concern with sovereignty, with the human and the animal, and with state violence, the attention this volume devotes to them is of crucial importance. It offers an indispensable reckoning with deconstructions legacy and relevance to current debates around the question of sovereignty and the states monopoly on violence." - David Lloyd, University of California, Riverside This volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derridas final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. Deconstructing the Death Penalty provides remarkable insight into Derridas ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derridas thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, the contributors also elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his subsequent deconstructions of sovereign power and the human/animal divide. Because Derrida was concerned with the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars have proven useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. The volume establishes Derridas importance for continuing debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality. At the same time, by deconstructing the theologico-political logic of the death penalty, it works to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take. Contributors: Nicole Anderson, Katie Chenoweth, Lisa Guenther, Christina Howells, Peggy Kamuf, Kir Kuiken, Elissa Marder, Michael Naas, Kelly Oliver, Elizabeth Rottenberg, Kas Saghafi, Stephanie M. Straub, Adam Thurschwell, Sarah Tyson Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where she also holds appointments in the departments of African-American Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, and Womens and Gender Studies. She is the author of more than one hundred articles, fifteen scholarly books, and three novels. Stephanie Straub is completing a PhD in English at Vanderbilt University. Flap " Deconstructing the Death Penalty is an important collection of essays on a single work by Jacques Derrida. Among its authors impressive credentials is their rich knowledge of the philosophers corpus of work, manifest on every page. Given that these seminars are at the core of Derridas life-long and, in his latter years, explicit and over-riding concern with sovereignty, with the human and the animal, and with state violence, the attention this volume devotes to them is of crucial importance. It offers an indispensable reckoning with deconstructions legacy and relevance to current debates around the question of sovereignty and the states monopoly on violence." - David Lloyd, University of California, Riverside This volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derridas final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. Deconstructing the Death Penalty provides remarkable insight into Derridas ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derridas thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, the contributors also elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his subsequent deconstructions of sovereign power and the human/animal divide. Because Derrida was concerned with the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars have proven useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. The volume establishes Derridas importance for continuing debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality. At the same time, by deconstructing the theologico-political logic of the death penalty, it works to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take. Contributors: Nicole Anderson, Katie Chenoweth, Lisa Guenther, Christina Howells, Peggy Kamuf, Kir Kuiken, Elissa Marder, Michael Naas, Kelly Oliver, Elizabeth Rottenberg, Kas Saghafi, Stephanie M. Straub, Adam Thurschwell, Sarah Tyson Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where she also holds appointments in the departments of African-American Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, and Womens and Gender Studies. She is the author of more than one hundred articles, fifteen scholarly books, and three novels. Stephanie Straub is completing a PhD in English at Vanderbilt University. Author Biography Kelly Oliver (Edited By) Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where she also holds appointments in the departments of African-American Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, and Womens and Gender Studies. She is the author of more than one hundred articles, fifteen scholarly books, and three novels.Stephanie Straub (Edited By) Stephanie Straub is completing a PhD in English at Vanderbilt University. Table of Contents Introduction: From Capital Punishment to Abolitionism: Deconstructing the Death PenaltyStephanie M. Straub Part I: Reading Derridas Death Penalty Seminars1. Beginning with LiteraturePeggy Kamuf 2. Derrida and the Scene of ExecutionElizabeth Rottenberg 3. Always the Other Who Decides: On Sovereignty, Psychoanalysis, and the Death PenaltyMichael Naas 4. The Death Penalty and Its ExceptionsChristina Howells Part II: Derrida and His Interlocuters5. Derrida at Montaigne: A Stay of ExecutionKatie Chenoweth6. "Bidding Up" on the Question of Sovereignty: Derrida Between Kant and BenjaminKir Kuiken 7. CalculusKas Saghafi Part III: Extending Derridas Analysis8. A Proper Death: Penalties, Animals, and the LawNicole Anderson 9. Figures of Interest: The Widow, the Telephone, and the Time of DeathElissa Marder 10. Opening the Blinds on Botched Executions: Interrupting the Time of the Death PenaltyKelly Oliver Part IV: Derrida and Capital Punishment in the United States11. Furman and FinitudeAdam Thurschwell 12. The Heart of the Other?Sarah Tyson 13. An Abolitionism Worthy of the Name: From the Death Penalty to the Prison Industrial ComplexLisa Guenther List of Contributors Index Review Deconstructing the Death Penalty is an important collection of essays on a single work by Jacques Derrida. Among its authors impressive credentials is their rich knowledge of the philosophers corpus of work, manifest on every page. Given that these seminars are at the core of Derridas life-long and, in his latter years, explicit and over-riding concern with sovereignty, with the human and the animal, and with state violence, the attention this volume devotes to them is of crucial importance. It offers an indispensable reckoning with deconstructions legacy and relevance to current debates around the question of sovereignty and the states monopoly on violence.---David Lloyd, University of California, Riverside Long Description This volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derridas final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. Deconstructing the Death Penalty provides remarkable insight into Derridas ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derridas thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, the contributors also elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his subsequent deconstructions of sovereign power and the human/animal divide. Because Derrida was concerned with the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars have proven useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. The volume establishes Derridas importance for continuing debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality. At the same time, by deconstructing the theologico-political logic of the death penalty, it works to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take. Review Quote Deconstructing the Death Penalty is an important collection of essays on a single work by Jacques Derrida. Among its authors impressive credentials is their rich knowledge of the philosophers corpus of work, manifest on every page. Given that these seminars are at the core of Derridas life-long and, in his latter years, explicit and over-riding concern with sovereignty, with the human and the animal, and with state violence, the attention this volume devotes to them is of crucial importance. It offers an indispensable reckoning with deconstructions legacy and relevance to current debates around the question of sovereignty and the states monopoly on violence. ---David Lloyd, University of California, Riverside Competing Titles Derrida, The Death Penalty (vols. 1 and 2) Lisa Guenther, Solitary Confinement Austin Sarat, Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and Americas Death Penalty Colin Davis, The Law is a White Dog Feature The first major body of work to appear in English on Jacques Derridas seminars on the death penalty, which have just been published. Description for Sales People The questions at stake run from the politics of death penalty abolition to broader questions of the nature of sovereignty and democracy, the human and the animal, mass incarceration, gender, and religion. Details ISBN082328011X Publisher Fordham University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 082328011X ISBN-13 9780823280117 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-07-03 Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle Derridas Seminars and the New Abolitionism Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Kelly Oliver Pages 272 DEWEY 194 Short Title Deconstructing the Death Penalty Language English UK Release Date 2018-07-03 AU Release Date 2018-07-03 NZ Release Date 2018-07-03 US Release Date 2018-07-03 Author Michael Naas Birth 1915 Death 1908 Affiliation Univ Pierre Et Marie Curie, France Position illustrator Qualifications Ph.D., D.Litt. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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