{"product_id":"the-reproduction-of-life-death-dawne-mccance-9780823283903","title":"The Reproduction of Life Death: Derrida's La Vie La Mort","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1975-76 academic year, Jacques Derrida delivered a seminar, \u003ci\u003eLa vie la mort\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLife Death\u003c\/i\u003e), at the ﾉcole normale sup駻ieure, in Paris. Based on archival translations of this untapped but soon-to-be-published seminar, \u003ci\u003eThe Reproduction of Life Death\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unprecedented study of Derrida's engagement with molecular biology and genetics, particularly the work of the biologist Fran輟is Jacob. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStructured as an itinerary of \"three rings,\" each departing from and coming back to Nietzsche, Derrida's seminar ties Jacob's logocentric account of reproduction to the reproductive program of teaching that characterizes the academic institution, challenging this mode of teaching as auto-reproduction along with the concept of \"academic freedom\" on which it is based. McCance also brings Derrida's critique of Jacob's theory of auto-reproduction together with his reading of reproductivity, the tendency to repeat-reproduce, that is theorized and enacted in Freud's \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Pleasure Principle\u003c\/i\u003e. The book further shows how Derrida's account of \u003ci\u003elife death\u003c\/i\u003e relates to his writings on autobiography and the signature and to such later concerns as the question of the animal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcCance brings extensive archival research together with a deep knowledge of Derrida's work a background in genetics to offer a fascinating new account of an encounter between philosophy and the hard sciences that will be of interest to theorists in a wide range of disciplines concerned with the question of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dawne McCance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823283909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823283903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"Dawne McCance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926560276735,"sku":"9780823283903","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bb6e117d-188b-4e10-8883-c32219617d59.jpg?v=1681083749","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reproduction-of-life-death-dawne-mccance-9780823283903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}