List of Terms viii
List of Abbreviations x
Preface xii
Dictionary 1
References (Image – Music – Print) 168
Index 174
Niall Lucy teaches in English and Philosophy at Murdoch University. His previous books, which have been translated into several languages, are Debating Derrida (1995), Beyond Semiotics: Text, Culture and Technology (2001) and (for Blackwell) Postmodern Literary Theory: An Introduction (1997) and the accompanying Postmodern Literary Theory: An Anthology (2000). He is also editor of the Philosophy and Cultural Studies issue of Continuum (1998).
"Writing for fans of Dylan, Eastwood, Eminem, and Lou Reed, no less
than for readers of Freud, Heidegger, and Nietzsche, Lucy
catalogues the ways Derrida has rocked words to their alphabetic
core. There is sharpness, wit, and high seriousness in every
entry." Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California
"Niall Lucy has written a witty, incisive, timely and highly
topical dictionary that deftly characterizes the most important
entries in Derrida's lexicon. The book is chock full of references
to contemporary film, music and politics and spares us the
tediousness of trying to formalize ideas whose very idea is that
they cannot be formalized. In addition to making for an insightful
read and a pleasurable ride, Lucy does a good job of redefining
what a “dictionary” is supposed to mean. A saucy, sparkling
success." John D. Caputo, Villanova University
"Lucy brings and ironic, iconoclastic, and earthy approach to his
teask... Entries are cleverly focused so that major terms and
concepts get full attention ... Lucy is unpretentious and plain
speaking... This is a well worthwhile purchase for the library
where Derrida comes as new and rather threatening to students."
Reference Reviews
"Writing for fans of Dylan, Eastwood, Eminem, and Lou Reed, no less
than for readers of Freud, Heidegger, and Nietzsche, Lucy
catalogues the ways Derrida has rocked words to their alphabetic
core. There is sharpness, wit, and high seriousness in every
entry." Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California
"Niall Lucy has written a witty, incisive, timely and highly
topical dictionary that deftly characterizes the most important
entries in Derrida's lexicon. The book is chock full of references
to contemporary film, music and politics and spares us the
tediousness of trying to formalize ideas whose very idea is that
they cannot be formalized. In addition to making for an insightful
read and a pleasurable ride, Lucy does a good job of redefining
what a "dictionary" is supposed to mean. A saucy, sparkling
success." John D. Caputo, Villanova University
"Lucy brings and ironic, iconoclastic, and earthy approach to his teask... Entries are cleverly focused so that major terms and concepts get full attention ... Lucy is unpretentious and plain speaking... This is a well worthwhile purchase for the library where Derrida comes as new and rather threatening to students." Reference Reviews
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