{"product_id":"the-purest-of-bastards-david-farrell-krell-9780271029993","title":"The Purest of Bastards: Works of Mourning, Art, and Affirmation in the Thought of Jacques Derrida","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"deconstruction\" that is commonly seen to be the method of Derrida's philosophy has an inescapably negative connotation. To counter this view of Derrida's thought as basically destructive, David Farrell Krell invites readers to understand how it may instead be seen as fundamentally affirmative--just as Nietzsche's philosophy, so allegedly nihilistic, is at heart a call for tragic affirmation, in \u003ci\u003eamor fati\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, while affirmative, Derrida is also engaged in a thinking of mourning, which he views as the promise of memory--a fragile yet vital promise that binds past and future. The book explores what mourning means in Derrida's writing and how the labors of mourning and affirmation are mediated by works of art. Thus the book engages many different areas of Derrida's work, from the classic texts of deconstruction to the more recent meditations on art and mourning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This chance [affirmation without issue] can come to us only from you, do you hear me? Do you understand me? . . . And me, the purest of bastards, leaving bastards of all kinds just about everywhere.\" This passage from Derrida's \u003ci\u003eLa Carte postale \u003c\/i\u003enicely encapsulates what David Farrell Krell wants to convey about Derrida's thought\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eits astonishing mix of negativity and affirmation in his labors of mourning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Farrell Krell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271029994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271029993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"David Farrell Krell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056720408831,"sku":"9780271029993","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_616bffa6-33cd-497b-8db0-01d906dab8b7.jpg?v=1685042886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-purest-of-bastards-david-farrell-krell-9780271029993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}