Theory and Practice, Hardcover by Derrida, Jacques; Bennington, Geoffrey (EDT...

Theory and Practice, Hardcover by Derrida, Jacques; Bennington, Geoffrey (EDT); Kamuf, Peggy (EDT); Wills, David (TRN), ISBN 022657234X, ISBN-13 9780226572345, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US<div><i>Theory and Practice </i>is a series of nine lectures that Jacques Derrida delivered at the &#201;cole Normale Sup&#233;rieure in 1976 and 1977. The topic of &#8220;theory and practice&#8221; was associated above all with Marxist discourse and particularly the influential interpretation of Marx by Louis Althusser. Derrida&#8217;s many questions to Althusser and other thinkers aim at unsettling the distinction between thinking and acting.<br> &#160;<br> Derrida&#8217;s investigations set out from Marx&#8217;s &#8220;Theses on Feuerbach,&#8221;&#160;in particular the eleventh thesis, which has often been taken as a mantra for the &#8220;end of philosophy,&#8221; to be brought about by Marxist practice. Derrida argues, however, that Althusser has no such end in view and that his discourse remains resolutely philosophical, even as it promotes the theory/practice pair as primary values.&#160;This seminar also draws fascinating connections between Marxist thought and Heidegger and features Derrida&#8217;s signature reconsideration of the dichotomy between doing and thinking. This text, available for the first time in English, shows that Derrida was doing important work on Marx long before <i>Specters of Marx</i>. As with the other volumes in this series, it gives readers an unparalleled glimpse into Derrida&#8217;s thinking at its best&#8212;spontaneous, unpredictable, and groundbreaking.</div>