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The Event
of the Thing

Derridas post-deconstructive realism

Michael Marder
224 pp 6x9 / February 2009
Cloth $45.00 ISBN 978-0-8020-9892-4
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Jacques Derridas writings often embed the key themes of deconstruction in a notion of the thing. The Event of
the Thing is the most complete examination to date of Derridas understanding of thinghood and its crucial role
in psychoanalysis, ethics, literary theory, aesthetics, and Marxism.
Arguing that the thing, as a figure of otherness, destabilizes the metaphysical edifice it underlies, Michael Marder
reveals the contributions it makes to critiques of humanism and idealism. Subsequently, the new realism that
emerges from deconstruction holds the possibility of an event that problematizes all attempts to objectify the
thing. An illuminating analysis of Derrida and phenomenology, The Event of the Thing is an innovative and
compelling study of a crucial aspect of one of the twentieth centurys greatest thinkers.
Michael Marder is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
The Event of the Thing is a rigorous, innovative exposition of Derridas concept of the thing, which permeates his
work. With reference to Derridas published and unpublished writings, Michael Marder accomplishes a thoughtful
and exciting consideration of what is a major thread in Derridas corpus. Marders excellent scholarship is of
singular importance.

John Leavey, Department of English, University of Florida

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