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Heidegger with Derrida: Being Written attempts, for the first time, to think Heidegger's philosophy through the lens of Derrida's logocentric thesis, according to which speech has, throughout the history of metaphysics, been given primacy over writing. The book offers a detailed account of Derrida's arguments about the debasement of writing, an account that leads to a new definition of writing, conceiving it epistemically, rather than linguistically. Heidegger's analysis of the gaze and critique of the modern subject are shown to have logocentric features. This surprising conclusion entails that Heidegger is well within the metaphysical tradition, which he labored so intently to overcome. The book sheds new light on the philosophical roots of Heidegger’s involvement with Nazism, arguing that his hierarchical thinking--the hallmark of logocentrism and metaphysics—condones violent differentiation between the ‘proper’ race and the Other.

Existentialism. --- Philosophy. --- Postmodernism (Literature). --- Philosophy of Man. --- Postmodern Literature. --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Existenzphilosophie --- Ontology --- Phenomenology --- Philosophy, Modern --- Epiphanism --- Relationism --- Self

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An important but often overlooked function of comedy is its intrinsic relation to questions of identity. This relationship, furthermore, is connected to another traditional feature of comedy: the utopian impulse. This book analyses these functions of comedy in the novels of four key postmodern Spanish-American writers: Gustavo Sainz, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Fernando Vallejo and Jaime Bayly. Focusing on the correlation between changing concepts of identity and the hybrid cultural context of the late 20th-century, it examines the issues of individual and social identities expressed by these authors in their inscription and distortion of the comic genre as well as in their usage of different modes of comedy. It views the novels' comic aspects as symptoms of hybridity, which, according to many theorists, have brought about the dissolution of concepts, such as the self and society, and utopian modernity. These symptoms are studied in tandem with the individual themes of the novels, such as gender, sexuality, class and global migration, as well as the 'post-national' question of Peruvian, Colombian and Mexican identity.

Paul McAleer is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Hull.

Spanish American fiction --- American fiction --- History and criticism. --- Hispanic American authors --- American literature --- Spanish American literature --- Latin American literature. --- Spanish-American writers. --- comedy in literature. --- cultural diversity. --- hybrid identity. --- identity and culture. --- postmodern literature. --- utopian themes.

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Since the financial crisis cannot be explained by looking at the ‘numbers’ alone, Judith Schulz investigates the diverse facets of the economic system, including the emotional response and motivations of the actors. It is precisely in this context that fiction can fill in the gaps in the understanding of the financial crisis and its cultural context. Schulz analyses works of Don DeLillo, Jess Walter and Martha McPhee to explore the complex and multifaceted interaction between culture and the economy. These authors shed light on the impact of neoliberal economic policies and create a dialogue on the highly controversial questions related to the financial crisis. They point to the contradictions and paradoxes within American culture and show that there is a need to renegotiate issues of national identity and the American Dream. Contents Theorizing and Fictionalizing the Financial Crisis Capitalism and Control Culture and Consumption Crisis and Complexity Target Groups Researchers and students of American Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies Journalists and practitioners in the fields of literature and culture About the Author< While working on this book, Judith Schulz held the position of Marketing and Communications Manager at Mannheim Business School and participated in a PhD program at the University of Mannheim. In 2016, Schulz launched her own business as marketing and PR consultant.

Literature. --- Literature, Modern --- America --- Postmodernism (Literature). --- Contemporary Literature. --- North American Literature. --- Postmodern Literature. --- 20th century. --- 21st century. --- Literatures. --- United States --- Economic conditions --- Literature --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- America-Literatures. --- Literary movements --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century. --- America—Literatures.

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This book presents a definition of literary postmodernism, using detective and science fictions as a frame. Through an exploration of both prior theoretical approaches, and indicators through characteristics of postmodernist fiction, this book identifies a structural framework to both understand and apply the lessons of postmodernism for the next generation. Within a growing consensus that the postmodern era has passed, this book examines the different conceptions of postmodernism and posits a meaningful definition, one which can provide the foundation for future literary expression. This theory is then applied to genre fiction, particularly detective fiction and science fiction, demonstrating that postmodernism is found in the structure, rather than questions posed about literary expression. Finally, Matthias Stephan considers post-postmodern movements, and how they can be expressed given this definition of literary postmodernism, moving forward to the twenty-first century. .

Postmodernism (Literature) --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Postmodernism (Literature). --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Fiction. --- Postmodern Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Fiction --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Literature --- Novelists --- Philosophy --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Fiction Literature. --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- 20th century. --- Philosophy. --- Theory

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This book not only discloses and examines different functions and concepts of authorship in fiction and theory from the 1950s and 1960s to the present but it also reveals, at least implicitly, a trajectory of some of the modes and functions of the novel as a genre in the last few decades. It argues that the explicit terms of much of the theoretical and philosophical debate surrounding the concept of authorship in the moment of High Theory in the 1980s had already been engaged, albeit often more implicitly, in literary fictions by writers themselves. This book examines the fortunes of the authorship debate and the conceptualisations and functions of authorship before, during, and after the Death of the Author came to prominence as one of the key foci for the moment of High Theory in the 1980s.

Authorship --- Authorship in literature. --- Fiction --- History --- History and criticism. --- Authoring (Authorship) --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Postmodernism (Literature). --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century. --- Fiction. --- Literary Theory. --- Postmodern Literature. --- Contemporary Literature. --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Novelists --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Philosophy