Margins of Philosophy

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book essay collection

Margins of Philosophy is a 1972 collection of essays by Jacques Derrida that develops his influential method of deconstruction through close readings of major philosophical texts.

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Label	Occurrences
"Violence and Metaphysics: An Essay on the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas"	1
Margins of Philosophy canonical	1
Margins of Philosophy (English edition)	1

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Context triple: [Jacques Derrida, notableWork, Margins of Philosophy]

A. Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
B. Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
C. A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
D. A Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a concise survey of major Western philosophers from Descartes to Wittgenstein, written as an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought.
E. Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Margins of Philosophy
Target entity description: Margins of Philosophy is a 1972 collection of essays by Jacques Derrida that develops his influential method of deconstruction through close readings of major philosophical texts.

A. Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
B. Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
C. A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
D. A Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a concise survey of major Western philosophers from Descartes to Wittgenstein, written as an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought.
E. Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ essay collection ⓘ
author	Jacques Derrida ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
examinesWorkOf	Aristotle ⓘ Hegel ⓘ linked to: G. W. F. Hegel Heidegger ⓘ linked to: Martin Heidegger Husserl ⓘ linked to: Edmund Husserl Kant ⓘ linked to: Immanuel Kant Plato ⓘ Rousseau ⓘ linked to: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
focusesOn	close readings of major philosophical texts ⓘ
form	collection of essays ⓘ
genre	literary theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	Margins of Philosophy (English edition) ⓘ linked to: Margins of Philosophy
hasPart	“Différance” ⓘ linked to: Writing and Difference “Ousia and Grammē” ⓘ “Parergon” ⓘ “Signature Event Context” ⓘ “The Double Session” ⓘ “The Ends of Man” ⓘ “The Pit and the Pyramid” ⓘ “The Retrait of Metaphor” ⓘ “The Supplement of Copula” ⓘ “Tympan” ⓘ “White Mythology” ⓘ
influenced	deconstructionist criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	deconstruction ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
notableConcept	différance ⓘ iterability ⓘ metaphor and philosophy ⓘ parergon ⓘ supplement ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre	Jacques Derrida bibliography ⓘ linked to: Writing and Difference
philosophicalApproach	deconstruction ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	continental philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear	1972 ⓘ
publisherOfFrenchEdition	Éditions de Minuit ⓘ linked to: Les Éditions de Minuit
translator	Alan Bass ⓘ

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Writing and Difference → hasPart → "Violence and Metaphysics: An Essay on the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas" ⓘ

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Margins of Philosophy → hasEnglishTranslation → Margins of Philosophy (English edition) ⓘ