Dialectic of Nihilsm: Post-Structuralism and Law

by Rose, Gillian
ISBN: 9780631137085
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Overview

This book fundamentally challenges the radical credentials of post-structuralism. Though Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze claim to have 'deconstructed' metaphysics, their work has much in common with previous attempts to 'end' the metaphysical tradition, from Kant to Nietzshe and Heidegger, and by sociology in general.

Gillian Rose shows that this anti-metaphysical writing always appears in historically specific jurisprudential terms, which themselves found and recapitulate metaphysical categories. She reconsiders post-structuralism in this light and assesses the relationship between deconstruction and the earlier structuralism of Saussure and Levi-Strauss. She argues in conclusion that the choice between post-structuralist nihilism and Hegelian and Marxist dialectic is spurious.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Rose, Gillian
  • ISBN: 9780631137085
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 9.18 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 244
  • Publication Year: 1991
Language: English