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Book Title: End of the WORLD and OTHER Teachable Moments : Jacques Derrida's Final Seminar
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Michael Naas
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Movements / Deconstruction, Death & Dying, History & Theory, Semiotics & Theory, Eschatology, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Education, Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
