{"product_id":"the-beast-the-sovereign-jacques-derrida-9780226144290","title":"The Beast \u0026 the Sovereign","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen he died in 2004, Jacques Derrida left behind a vast legacy of unpublished material, much of it in the form of written lectures. With \u003ci\u003eThe Beast and the Sovereign, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e, the University of Chicago Press inaugurates an ambitious series, edited by Geoffrey Bennington and Peggy Kamuf, translating these important works into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beast and the Sovereign, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e launches the series with Derrida's exploration of the persistent association of bestiality or animality with sovereignty. In this seminar from 2001-2002, Derrida continues his deconstruction of the traditional determinations of the human. The beast and the sovereign are connected, he contends, because neither animals nor kings are subject to the law--the sovereign stands above it, while the beast falls outside the law from below. He then traces this association through an astonishing array of texts, including La Fontaine's fable \"The Wolf and the Lamb,\" Hobbes's biblical sea monster in \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, D. H. Lawrence's poem \"Snake,\" Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003ePrince\u003c\/i\u003e with its elaborate comparison of princes and foxes, a historical account of Louis XIV attending an elephant autopsy, and Rousseau's evocation of werewolves in \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeleuze, Lacan, and Agamben also come into critical play as Derrida focuses in on questions of force, right, justice, and philosophical interpretations of the limits between man and animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Derrida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226144291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226144290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jacques Derrida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640555753727,"sku":"9780226144290","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4192e662-8062-4ea5-8eff-d9f3d6048ab3.jpg?v=1740669939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beast-the-sovereign-jacques-derrida-9780226144290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}