Community Without Unity: A Politics of Derridian ExtravaganceDuke University Press, 1989 - 261 pages Winner of the 1990 Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association "First Book Award" Now available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this award-winning book breaks new ground by challenging traditional concepts of community in political theory. William Corlett brings the diverse (and sometimes contradictory) work of Foucault and Derrida to bear on the thought of Pocock, Burke, Lincoln, and McIntyre, among others, to move beyond the conventional dichotomy of "individual vs. community," arguing instead that community is best advanced within a politics of difference. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 38
Page xi
... might live through the extravagance of his criticism . Of course , I write under the influence of other authors as well , two of whom double as my teachers . Tracy B. Strong led , watched , covered his eyes , etc. , as my Acknowledgments.
... might live through the extravagance of his criticism . Of course , I write under the influence of other authors as well , two of whom double as my teachers . Tracy B. Strong led , watched , covered his eyes , etc. , as my Acknowledgments.
Page xviii
... course , persist ; but I try to show in this book that there is always already an excess of meaning that cannot be reduced to positions on an elapsing tune continuum . Celebrating difference — but never criticizing the reassur- ance ...
... course , persist ; but I try to show in this book that there is always already an excess of meaning that cannot be reduced to positions on an elapsing tune continuum . Celebrating difference — but never criticizing the reassur- ance ...
Page xix
... courses now attempt to read canonical texts in ways that call attention to multiple oppressions . Working to transform the curriculum alongside such colleagues as Leslie Hill , Mark Kessler , and Carole Anne Taylor , has resulted in a ...
... courses now attempt to read canonical texts in ways that call attention to multiple oppressions . Working to transform the curriculum alongside such colleagues as Leslie Hill , Mark Kessler , and Carole Anne Taylor , has resulted in a ...
Page 20
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 33
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Mutual Service and the Language of Domination | 6 |
Reciprocity Commonality Mutual Service | 16 |
Opening Up the Dialogue Between Remunity and Communion | 35 |
Reassurance | 65 |
Pocock Foucault Forces of Reassurance | 69 |
The Problem of Time in Lincolnian Political Religion | 91 |
The Power of Fear in Burkean Traditionalism | 118 |
Extravagance | 143 |
Announcing Derridian Confession Spacing Deferral Writing | 146 |
Other editions - View all
Community Without Unity: A Politics of Derridian Extravagance William Corlett No preview available - 1989 |
Common terms and phrases
attempt Bataille Bataille's Burke Burke's chaos chapter Charles Taylor citizens Clay Cogito communion communitarian Community Without Unity confess Connolly continuity critical deconstruction Derrida Derridian extravagance Descartes différance difference discourse distinction domination double bind elapsing time continuum essay example fear flux forces of reassurance Foucault genealogy Georges Bataille gift gift-giving Hegel human hyperbole implicated individual interpretation J. G. A. Pocock jelly beans joy before death language liberal Lincoln live MacIntyre madness meaning ment metaphysics Michael Sandel Michel Foucault monstrosity mutual service naive nation nature neutralize never nonmeaning paralanguage passage play Pocock Pocock's model polar political religion political theory possible postmodern prejudice present principle problem question radical readers reason and order relation remunity Sandel Saussure sense signified signs silence sleep of reason social speak structure struggle supplement Taylor temporal tension theorists thinking timebound tion totality tradition transgression University Press words writing