"Interrupting Derrida" is a major new work by Geoffrey Bennington, internationally renowned Derrida scholar and translator of Derrida's work. This bold and provocative collection of essays surveys key themes in work by and about Derrida. Presenting a compelling challenge to influential readings of Derrida that have emerged from both the philosophical and literary traditions, Bennington shows how Derrida's work "interrupts" metaphysics, not by redefining philosophy but by rendering it indefinite. Arguing that we can fruitfully interrupt Derrida himself, Bennington offers us a dazzling and provocative reading that points the way towards any future dialogue with Derrida's work.

Geoffrey Bennington is Professor of French at the University of Sussex. His previous publications include Legislations: The Politics of Deconstruction and Jacques Derrida.

Introduction; Part 1 Pedagogics; Chapter 1 'Jacques Derrida'; Chapter 2 Derrida and Politics; Chapter 3 Deconstruction and Ethics; Chapter 4 Derrida's Mallarmé; Part 2 Allographics; Chapter 5 R.I.P.; Chapter 6 X; Chapter 7 Circanalysis (The Thing Itself); Chapter 8 Forever Friends; Chapter 9 Is It Time?; Chapter 10 Almost the End; Part 3 Philopolemics; Chapter 11 Genuine Gasché (Perhaps); Chapter 12 Emergencies; Chapter 13 An Idea of Syntax;