Reality under Construction: Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Surrealism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Deconstruction at its End? Preliminary Remarks 1
4. Section I. Deconstruction and/or Reconstruction: A Philosophical Approach
5. Leaving Philosophy? Heidegger, Bauen, Lassen 13
6. Waiting: The Impossible 27
7. Does It Make Sense to Speak about Deconstructing the Subject? 39
8. Beyond the Eclipse of Reason: On the Reconstruction of Rationality 53
9. Towards a Reconstructive Critique of Historical Reason 69
10. Creative Delinking 85
11. Section II. The Limits of Deconstruction: The Case of Art and Literature
12. Reality under Construction: Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Surrealism 97
13. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Artists with PhDs 107
14. Towards a Dramaturgy of Suspicion: Theatre and Myths in 20th-century France 135
15. A Methodological Comparison between a Mythocentric Approach and a Deconstructive Reading in the Interpretation of Rewritings 149
16. Translation: Theory and Praxis. Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Giacomo Leopardi 161
17. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Built-up Landscape in Post-Colonial Literature: Damas’s Poetry 179
18. Section III. The Genealogy and Legacy of Deconstruction: The Politico-Social and Juridical Point of View
19. Remembrance of Nature within the Subject: Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis and the Limits of Subjection 197
20. The Rise of Political Agonism and its Relation to Deconstruction: The Case of Chantal Mouffe 213
21. ‘Just Tell Me Who You Are! ’: Do We Need Identity in Philosophy and the Social Sciences? 225
22. Daydreaming: Derrida’s Contribution to the Theory of Law 239
23. Law as Practical Knowledge: Deconstruction, Pragmatism, and the Promise of Classical Practical Philosophy 255
24. Bibliography 277
25. Index Rerum 295
26. Name Index 297