{"product_id":"class-acts-derrida-on-the-public-stage-paperback","title":"Class Acts: Derrida on the Public Stage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClass Acts \u003c\/i\u003eexamines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the \"speech act\" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e when one speaks in public in these ways? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book follows Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book seeks to explain, in Montreal. In these lectures, Derrida elaborated his critique of J. L. Austin and his own subsequent redefinition of speech act theory. The book then gives an overview of Derrida's teaching career and his famous \"seminar\" presentations, along with his own explicit reflections on pedagogy and educational institutions beginning in the mid-1970s. Naas then shows through a reading of three recently published seminars--on life death, theory and practice, and forgiveness--just how Derrida the teacher interrogated and deployed speech act theory in his seminars. Whether in a conference hall or a classroom, Naas demonstrates, Derrida was always interested in the way spoken or written words might do more than simply communicate some meaning or intent but might give rise to something like an \u003ci\u003eevent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eClass Acts\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to the possibility of such events in Derrida's work as a pedagogue and a public intellectual.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eClass Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful and highly engaging work that has much to teach readers of Derrida about the philosopher's relation to speech act theory, his thinking of the event, and many other questions. At once elegant and playful, pedagogical yet attentive to the nuance and subtle turns in Derrida's work, the book is itself a masterclass in deconstructive reading.\"--\u003cb\u003eKatie Chenoweth\u003c\/b\u003e, Princeton University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Naas brings to this book an encyclopedic knowledge of Derrida's immense corpus, which he conveys with his signature lucidity and modesty.\u003ci\u003e Class Acts\u003c\/i\u003e reflects all of these virtues in tracing Derrida's abiding preoccupation with the nature of the speech act from the early 1970s to his death and linking this persistence to an understanding of Derrida's pedagogy and the teaching of philosophy on two continents.\"--\u003cb\u003eAndrew Parker\u003c\/b\u003e, Rutgers University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClass Acts \u003c\/i\u003eexamines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the \"speech act\" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e when one speaks in public in these ways? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book follows Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book seeks to explain, in Montreal. In these lectures, Derrida elaborated his critique of J. L. Austin and his own subsequent redefinition of speech act theory. The book then gives an overview of Derrida's teaching career and his famous \"seminar\" presentations, along with his own explicit reflections on pedagogy and educational institutions beginning in the mid-1970s. Naas then shows through a reading of three recently published seminars--on life death, theory and practice, and forgiveness--just how Derrida the teacher interrogated and deployed speech act theory in his seminars. Whether in a conference hall or a classroom, Naas demonstrates, Derrida was always interested in the way spoken or written words might do more than simply communicate some meaning or intent but might give rise to something like an \u003ci\u003eevent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eClass Acts\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to the possibility of such events in Derrida's work as a pedagogue and a public intellectual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Naas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Naas \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. His most recent books include The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments: Jacques Derrida's Final Seminar (2015), \u003ci\u003ePlato and the Invention of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), and \u003ci\u003eDon DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica, and Other Literary Contraband\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45661986586726,"sku":"9780823298402","price":62.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/N2hzVGs3bjFZVEdBUDU3bVY1ZmVKUT09.webp?v=1779774381","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/class-acts-derrida-on-the-public-stage-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}