12. Hélène Cixous and the Play of Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Emergence
7. Introduction 21
8. 1. Poststructuralism and Modern European Philosophy 23
9. 2. From Marxism to Poststructuralism 47
10. 3. From Structuralism to Poststructuralism 69
11. Part II: Methods
12. Introduction 93
13. 4. A History of the Method: Examining Foucault’s Research Methodology 95
14. 5. Derrida, Deconstruction and Method 122
15. 6. Écriture Féminine 143
16. 7. Schizoanalysis: An Incomplete Project 163
17. Part III: Themes
18. Structure and Subject
19. Introduction 187
20. 8. Structure and Subject 189
21. 9. How do we Recognise the Subject? 207
22. 10. Foucault: The Culture of Self, Subjectivity and Truth-telling Practices 227
23. Language and Text
24. Introduction 247
25. 11. Derrida’s Language: Play, Différance and (Con)text 249
26. 12. Hélène Cixous and the Play of Language 270
27. 13. Luce Irigaray: An Ode to A-(Luce) 291
28. Form and Institution
29. Introduction 309
30. 14. Photography and Poststructuralism: The Indexical and Iconic Sign System 311
31. 15. Deleuze and the Image of Film Theory 333
32. 16. The Museum of Now 352
33. 17. Institutions, Semiotics and the Politics of Subjectivity 368
34. Resistance and Limit
35. Introduction 383
36. 18. ‘Here and Nowhere’: Poststructuralism, Resistance and Utopia 385
37. 19. The Powers of the Outside in Deleuze and Cixous 408
38. 20. Politics in-between Nihilism and History 429
39. Part IV: Trajectories
40. Introduction 443
41. 21. The Receptions of Poststructuralism 445
42. 22. From Liberation Theory to Postcolonial Theory: The Poststructuralist Turn 471
43. 23. The Pharmacology of Poststructuralism: An Interview with Bernard Stiegler 489
44. Conclusion: Poststructuralism Today? 507
45. Notes on the Contributors 527
46. Index 533