The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul De Man
Rodolphe Gasché
One of the most knowledgeable
and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasché, a
philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic
coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to
merit close attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure
style. Gasché shows that de Man's "reading" centers on a dimension of
the texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension
characterized by the "absolutely singular."
Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed deconstructionists, Gasché
differentiates between the two by emphasizing Derrida's primary
interest in "writing," and postulates that the best way to come to terms
with de Man's works is to "read" them athwart the writings of Kant,
Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida. He shows his respect for the
"immanent logic" of de Man's thought--which he lays out in great
detail--while revealing his uneasiness at the oddness of that thought
and its consequences.
and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasché, a
philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic
coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues to
merit close attention despite his notoriously difficult and obscure
style. Gasché shows that de Man's "reading" centers on a dimension of
the texts that is irreducible to any possible meaning, a dimension
characterized by the "absolutely singular."
Given that de Man and Derrida are both termed deconstructionists, Gasché
differentiates between the two by emphasizing Derrida's primary
interest in "writing," and postulates that the best way to come to terms
with de Man's works is to "read" them athwart the writings of Kant,
Fichte, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida. He shows his respect for the
"immanent logic" of de Man's thought--which he lays out in great
detail--while revealing his uneasiness at the oddness of that thought
and its consequences.
Year:
1998
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
309
ISBN 10:
0674952960
ISBN 13:
9780674952966
File:
PDF, 54.10 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1998