Dead theory [Texte imprimé] : Derrida, death, and the afterlife of theory / edited with an introduction by Jeffrey R. Di Leo

Notes bibliogr.

Introduction. Notes from underground : theory, theorists, and death / Jeffrey R. Di Leo -- Part 1.Theory, theorists, death. The heirs to Jacques Derrida and deconstruction / W. Lawrence Hogue -- The humanists strike back : an episode from the Cold War on theory / Herman Rapaport -- The afterlife of critics / Henry Sussman -- Part 2. Derrida, death, theory. Thanatographies of the future : Freud, Derrida, Kant / Jean-Michel Rabaté -- Ghosts in the politics of friendship / Paul Allen Miller -- Death, survival, and translation / Brian O'Keeffe -- Theory's autoimmunity / Zahi Zalloua -- Part 3. Politics, death, theory. Eclipse of the gaze : Nancy, community, and the death of the other / Kir Kuiken -- Deleuze, Kerouac, fascism, and death / Hassan Melehy -- Theory's ruins / Nicole Simek -- Undying theory : Levinas, place, and the technology of posthumousness / Christian Moraru

"What is the legacy of Theory after the deaths of so many of its leading lights, from Jacques Derrida to Roland Barthes? Bringing together reflections by leading contemporary scholars, Dead Theory explores the afterlives of the work of the great theorists and the current state of Theory today. Considering the work of thinkers such as Derrida, Deleuze, and Levinas, the book explores the ways in which Theory has long been haunted by death and how it might endure for the future."--Page 4 of cover