Deconstructing the Death Penalty: Derrida's Seminars and the New Abolitionism

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Fordham University Press (2018)
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This volume represents the first collection of essays devoted exclusively to Jacques Derrida's Death Penalty Seminars, conducted from 1999-2001. The volume includes essays from a range of scholars working in philosophy, law, Francophone studies, and comparative literature, including established Derridians, activist scholars, and emerging scholars.

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082328011X   9780823280131   0823280101   9780823280117

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10.1515/9780823280131

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chapter 8. A Proper Death.Nicole Anderson
chapter 5. Derrida at Montaigne.Katie Chenoweth
chapter 13. An Abolitionism Worthy of the Name.Lisa Guenther
chapter 4. The Death Penalty and Its Exceptions.Christina Howells
chapter 1. Beginning with Literature.Peggy Kamuf
chapter 6. “Bidding Up” on the Question of Sovereignty.Kir Kuiken
chapter 9. Figures of Interest.Elissa Marder
chapter 3. Always the Other Who Decides.Michael Naas
chapter 10. Opening the Blinds on Botched Executions.Kelly Oliver
chapter 2. A New Primal Scene: Derrida and the Scene of Execution.Elizabeth Rottenberg
chapter 7. Calculus.Kas Saghafi
introduction. From Capital Punishment to Abolitionism: Deconstructing the Death Penalty.Stephanie M. Straub
chapter 11. Furman and Finitude.Adam Thurschwell
chapter 12. The Heart of the Other?Sarah Tyson

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