Table of Contents

Foreword Jacques Derrida
1. Editor's Introduction Jack Reynolds and Jon Roffe
Part I: Themes in Derrida
2. Language (Michael Naas, DePaul University)
3. Metaphysics Christopher Norris, University of Cardiff
4. The Subject (Christina Howells, Oxford)
5. Politics Paul Patton, University of New South Wales
6. Ethics Simon Critchley, University of Essex
7. Decision Jack Reynolds, University of Tasmania
8. Translation Jon Roffe, University of Melbourne
9. Religion Kevin Hart, University of Notre Dame
10. Psychoanalysis Matthew Sharpe, University of Auckland
11. Literature Claire Colebrook, University of Edinburgh
12. Art (Julian Wolfreys, Uni of Florida)
Part II: Derrida & Others
13. Edmund Husserl David Allison, State University of New York
14. Martin Heidegger Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis
15. Emmanuel Levinas Rosalyn Diprose, University of New South Wales
16. GWF Hegel David Rathbone, University of Melbourne
17. Friedrich Nietzsche (Richard Beardsworth, American University of Paris)
Bibliography of all Derrida's English publications

About the Author

Jack Reynolds is Chair of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. Jonathan Roffe is Convenor of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. He is co-editor of Understanding Derrida (Continuum 2004)

Reviews

"The most important offering for assessing Derrida's contribution to philosophy is Reynolds and Roffe's Understanding Derrida, which brings together introductory pieces from important philosophers and Derrida scholars, including David Allison, Robert Bernasconi, and Simon Critchley...By extracting the properly philosophical elements of Derrida's work, Reynolds and Roffe have produced a careful invitation that truly and compellingly shows Derrida to be a serious philosopher we should study and from whom we can learn." -Edvard Lorkovic, Philosophy in Review