{"product_id":"the-beast-and-the-sovereign-volume-ii-9780226478531","title":"The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II","description":"Following on from \u003ci\u003eThe Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e, this book extends Jacques Derrida's exploration of the connections between animality and sovereignty. In this second year of the seminar, originally presented in 2002-2003 as the last course he would give before his death, Derrida focuses on two markedly different texts: Heidegger's 1929-1930 course \u003ci\u003eThe Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics, \u003c\/i\u003e and Daniel Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe.\u003c\/i\u003e As he moves back and forth between the two works, Derrida pursuesthe relations between solitude, insularity, world, violence, boredom and death as they supposedly affect humans and animals in different ways. Hitherto unnoticed or underappreciated aspects of \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e are brought out in strikingly original readings of questions such as Crusoe's belief in ghosts, his learning to pray, his parrot Poll, and his reinvention of the wheel. Crusoe's terror of being buried alive or swallowed alive by beasts or cannibals gives rise to a rich and provocative reflection on death, burial, and cremation, in part provoked by a meditation on the death of Derrida's friend Maurice Blanchot. Throughout, these readings are juxtaposed with interpretations of Heidegger's concepts of world and finitude to produce a distinctively Derridean account that will continue to surprise his readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Derrida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Seminars of Jacques Derrida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226478531","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398066045065,"sku":"9780226478531","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0f48c26e-9c0a-45dc-b850-2307a857adda.jpg?v=1740474602","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-beast-and-the-sovereign-volume-ii-9780226478531","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}