This major new work by renowned Derrida scholar and translator presents incisive new readings of both Derrida and different interpretations of his work within the domains of ethics, politics and literature.

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;