D' Cruz, Carolyn.

Identity politics in deconstruction : calculating with the incalculable / Carolyn D'Cruz. - x, 127 pages ; 24 cm. - Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy . - Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-121) and index.

What matter who's speaking? -- Between experience and epistemology -- Choosing one's heritage : between philosophy and politics -- Truth law and justice : responding to the stolen generations in the disadjusted time of the present -- Welcome stranger : democracy 'to come', autoimmunity and hospitality.

"In this book Carolyn D'Cruz investigates the nexus between what David Birch describes as 'the seemingly impossible of high theory and the seemingly accessible possibilities of popular discourse', as encountered in liberation movements based on identity. D'Cruz reworks the logic of such movements through the unique combination of Derridean deconstruction, Foucauldian discourse and Levinasian ethics." "Moving both within and between the domains of philosophy, politics and 'postmodern culture' this book offers both a clear explication of complex philosophical issues and an understanding of how they relate to the political practicalities of everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.

075466208X 9780754662082

2008009560


Identity (Philosophical concept)
Political science--Philosophy
Deconstruction.

BD236 / .D37 2008

320.01