Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1 The Ancient Quarrel: Philosophy and Literature 1
6. 2 Derrida, Hermeneutics and Deconstruction 26
7. 3 Deleuze: Against Interpretation 56
8. 4 Levinas and the Resistance to Reading 81
9. 5 Žižek’s Idiotic Enjoyment 108
10. 6 Cavell and the Claim of Reading 135
11. 7 Conclusion: In Praise of Overreading 164
12. Notes 189
13. Bibliography 200
14. Index 215