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ISBN-10: 022650235X
ISBN-13: 9780226502359
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publish Date: 08/25/2017
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.40" W, 0.40" H

Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression

Translator: Eric Prenowitz

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Overview

In Archive Fever, Jacques Derrida deftly guides us through an extended meditation on remembrance, religion, time, and technology–fruitfully occasioned by a deconstructive analysis of the notion of archiving. Intrigued by the evocative relationship between technologies of inscription and psychic processes, Derrida offers for the first time a major statement on the pervasive impact of electronic media, particularly e-mail, which threaten to transform the entire public and private space of humanity. Plying this rich material with characteristic virtuosity, Derrida constructs a synergistic reading of archives and archiving, both provocative and compelling.

“Judaic mythos, Freudian psychoanalysis, and e-mail all get fused into another staggeringly dense, brilliant slab of scholarship and suggestion.”–The Guardian

“[Derrida] convincingly argues that, although the archive is a public entity, it nevertheless is the repository of the private and personal, including even intimate details.”–Choice

“Beautifully written and clear.”–Jeremy Barris, Philosophy in Review

“Translator Prenowitz has managed valiantly to bring into English a difficult but inspiring text that relies on Greek, German, and their translations into French.”–Library Journal

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Details

ISBN-10: 022650235X
ISBN-13: 9780226502359
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publish Date: 08/25/2017
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.40" W, 0.40" H
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