Volleys Of Humanity: Essays 1972-2009

The Frontiers of Theory The Frontiers of Theory Series Editor: Martin McQuillan To Follow: The Wake of Jacques Derrida Peggy Kamuf ‘Already recognized as one of the most brilliant critical voices on both sides of the Atlantic, Peggy Kamuf’s book demonstrates her exemplarity as a reader of Derrida’s texts. From her remarks on sovereignty and possibility to her commentaries on death and mourning, Kamuf’s writing bears witness to an outstanding mind at work.’ Lawrence D. Kritzman, John D. Willard Professor of French, Oratory and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College Derek Attridge, University of York Collecting ten years of Peggy Kamuf’s writing on the work and friendship of Jacques Derrida, the chapters engage with a broad array of Derrida’s work, from the 1960s to the posthumous publication of his teaching seminars. She also considers press interviews and the collaboration on the film D’ailleurs Derrida. These close readings are punctuated by brief recollections from their long friendship. ISBN-13 978 0 7486 3903 8 Jacket image: © iStockphoto.com/Jamie Carroll Jacket design: Michael Chatfield Edited by Eric Prenowitz Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 22 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LF www.euppublishing.com Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous Peggy Kamuf is Co-Director of the Derrida Seminars Translation Project, co-editor of the series publishing Derrida’s teaching seminars in English and Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Essays 1972-2009 Essays 1972-2009 ‘Jacques Derrida used the phrases “friendly vigilance” and “rigorous collaboration” to describe Peggy Kamuf’s long engagement with his work. This volume amply demonstrates those qualities: a warm appreciation of his achievement and the positive force of his example together with an acute eye, and ear, for the fine details of his language and his argumentation. No-one gets closer to both the spirit and the letter of Derrida’s writing.’ Volleys of Humanity This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and redescribe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an everexpanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Volleys of Humanity Approx. Pantone colours: front 2905, spine 654 Volleys of Humanity PRENOWITZ PRINT.indd i 07/06/2011 11:09 The Frontiers of Theory Series Editor: Martin McQuillan The Poetics of Singularity: The Counter-Culturalist Turn in Heidegger, Derrida, Blanchot and the later Gadamer Timothy Clark Dream I Tell You Hélène Cixous Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human Barbara Herrnstein Smith Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius Jacques Derrida Insister of Jacques Derrida Hélène Cixous Not Half No End: Militantly Melancholic Essays in Memory of Jacques Derrida Geoffrey Bennington Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art Robert Rowland Smith Of Jews and Animals Andrew Benjamin Reading and Responsibility: Deconstruction’s Traces Derek Attridge To Follow: The Wake of Jacques Derrida Peggy Kamuf Volleys of Humanity: Essays 1972–2009 Hélène Cixous Veering: A Theory of Literature Nicholas Royle The Post-Romantic Predicament Paul de Man The Paul de Man Notebooks Paul de Man Visit