Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage by Naas, Michael
Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage by Naas, Michael

Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage

Class Acts examines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations...
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Author: Michael Naas
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Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage by Naas, Michael

Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage

$100.43
Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage by Naas, Michael

Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage

$100.43
Author: Michael Naas
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Class Acts examines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the "speech act" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one doing when one speaks in public in these ways?

The book follows Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book seeks to explain, in Montreal. In these lectures, Derrida elaborated his critique of J. L. Austin and his own subsequent redefinition of speech act theory. The book then gives an overview of Derrida's teaching career and his famous "seminar" presentations, along with his own explicit reflections on pedagogy and educational institutions beginning in the mid-1970s. Naas then shows through a reading of three recently published seminars--on life death, theory and practice, and forgiveness--just how Derrida the teacher interrogated and deployed speech act theory in his seminars. Whether in a conference hall or a classroom, Naas demonstrates, Derrida was always interested in the way spoken or written words might do more than simply communicate some meaning or intent but might give rise to something like an event. Class Acts bears witness to the possibility of such events in Derrida's work as a pedagogue and a public intellectual.

Author: Michael Naas
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780823298402

About the Author
Michael Naas is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. His most recent books include The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments: Jacques Derrida's Final Seminar (2015), Plato and the Invention of Life (2018), and Don DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica, and Other Literary Contraband (2020).
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