Biodeconstruction
(March 2018)
Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences Francesco Vitale - Author Mauro Senatore - Translator
Analyzes Derrida’s 1975 seminar “La vie la mort” as a deconstruction of biology with relevance to his work more broadly.
In Biodeconstruction,Francesco Vitale demonstrates the key role that the question of life plays in Jacques Derrida’s work. In the seminar La vie la mort (1975), Derrida engages closely with the life sciences, especially biology and evolution theory. Connecting this ...(Read More)
The Last Fortress of Metaphysics
(February 2018)
Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of Architecture Francesco Vitale - Author Mauro Senatore - Translator
Examines the relationship of Derrida’s writings on architecture to his methodology of deconstruction and to deconstrutivism in architecture.
Between 1984 and 1994 Jacques Derrida wrote and spoke a great deal about architecture both in his academic work and in connection with a number of particular building projects around the world. He engaged significantly with the work of architects such as Bernard Tschumi, Peter Eisenm...(Read More)
