{"product_id":"biodeconstruction-jacques-derrida-and-the-life-sciences-paperback-2","title":"Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesco Vitale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMauro Senatore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalyzes Derrida's 1975 seminar \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"La vie la mort\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e as a deconstruction of biology with relevance to his work more broadly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBiodeconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e, Francesco Vitale demonstrates the key role that the question of life plays in Jacques Derrida's work. In the seminar \u003ci\u003eLa vie la mort\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), Derrida engages closely with the life sciences, especially biology and evolution theory. Connecting this line of thought to his analysis of cybernetics in \u003ci\u003eOf Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e, Vitale shows how Derrida develops a notion of biological life as itself a sort of text that is necessarily open onto further articulations and grafts. This sets the stage for the deconstruction of the traditional opposition between life and death, conceiving of death as an internal condition of the constitution of the living rather than being the opposite of life. It also provides the basis for the deconstruction of the rigidly deterministic concept of the genetic program, an insight that anticipates recent achievements of biological research in epigenetics and sexual reproduction. Finally, Vitale argues that this framework can enrich our understanding of Derrida's late work devoted to political issues, connecting his use of the autoimmunitarian lexicon to the theory of cellular suicide in biology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesco Vitale \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Salerno, Italy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fortress of Metaphysics: Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press, and the author and editor of several books in Italian on Derrida and contemporary French philosophy. \u003cb\u003eMauro Senatore \u003c\/b\u003eis a British Academy Fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom and Adjunct Professor of Contemporary French Philosophy at the Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGerms of Death: The Problem of Genesis in Jacques Derrida\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47348529660153,"sku":"9781438468846","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7Jobh8JiCJ9781438468846_dc866616-2ea6-4a1f-b42a-205908ccfffc.webp?v=1769774518","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/biodeconstruction-jacques-derrida-and-the-life-sciences-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}