Jacques Derrida one of the most influential controversial and complexthinkers of our time has come to be at the centre of many political debates.This is the fir... » 

Jacques Derrida one of the most influential controversial and complexthinkers of our time has come to be at the centre of many political debates.This is the first book to consider the political implications of Derridasdeconstruction. It is a timely response both to Derridas own recent shifttowards thinking about the political and to the political focus ofcontemparary Continental philosophy.Richard Beardsworths study Derrida and the Political locates a way ofthinking about deconstruction using the tools of political philosophy. RichardBeardsworth has provided students of philosophy politics and critical theorywith a thoughtprovoking upper level introduction to Derridaa work as apolitical theorist. «