Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas. Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise actual examples of artworks, films, television shows, works of architecture, fashion and even computer games to explain and explore the work of the most commonly taught thinkers. Conceived specifically for the visually minded, the series will prove invaluable to students right across the visual arts.'Deconstruction' is touted in every visual area from architecture to fashion, yet few really understand what Derrida's notorious concept means, much less his elusive idea of 'differance'. In fact Derrida's work can seem almost impenetrable. This guide explains Derrida's key concepts through examples from across the whole spectrum of the arts, looking at the work of architects such as Bernard Tschumi and Daniel Libeskind, fashion designers such as Ann Demeulemeister and at the work of artists as varied as Kara Walker, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Rachel Whiteread and Jeff Wall. Showing what Derrida's work really 'means' in practice, this short guide makes this thinker's complex work accessible to a wider public.

Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas. Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise actual examples of artworks, films, television shows, works of architecture, fashion and even computer games to explain and explore the work of the most commonly taught thinkers. Conceived specifically for the visually minded, the series will prove invaluable to students right across the visual arts.'Deconstruction' is touted in every visual area from architecture to fashion, yet few really understand what Derrida's notorious concept means, much less his elusive idea of 'differance'. In fact Derrida's work can seem almost impenetrable. This guide explains Derrida's key concepts through examples from across the whole spectrum of the arts, looking at the work of architects such as Bernard Tschumi and Daniel Libeskind, fashion designers such as Ann Demeulemeister and at the work of artists as varied as Kara Walker, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Rachel Whiteread and Jeff Wall. Showing what Derrida's work really 'means' in practice, this short guide makes this thinker's complex work accessible to a wider public.

"A fascinating venture into diverse but contiguous and even overlapping worlds that points out unexpected relationships between modern linguistics, textual analysis, philosophy, mathematics, fiction, physics, and much else. An illuminating, radically interdisciplinary achievement".--Walter J. Ong, S.J. (Philosophy)

Buku ini adalah kumpulan dari tiga wawancara dengan Jacques Derrida yang menjelaskan dan memberi akses kepada istilah dan konsep rumit yang diperlakukan secara ekstensif dalam karya-karya semisal Writing and Difference dan Dissemination. Derrida mengambil posisi selaku pengkritik, penyokong, dan mereguk dua kesenangan utama dalam kehidupan seorang intelektual Prancis, yakni Marxisme dan psikoanalisis. Wawancara yang terdapat dalam edisi ini menawarkan ragam pandangan Derrida, mulai dari wawancara yang berisi pernyataan ringkas tentang prinsip-prinsip hingga diskusi panjang lebar yang menyentuh beragam polemik yang timbul dari karya-karya Derrida. Selamat membaca!

Feminism Reframed: Reflections on Art and Difference addresses the on-going dialogue between feminism, art history and visual culture from contemporary scholarly perspectives. Over the past thirty years, the critical interventions of feminist art historians in the academy, the press and the art world have not only politicised and transformed the themes, methods and conceptual tools of art history, but have also contributed to the emergence of new interdisciplinary areas of investigation, including notably that of visual culture. Although the impact of such fruitful transformations is indisputable, their exact contribution to contemporary scholarship remains a matter for debate, not least because feminism itself has changed significantly since the Womenâ (TM)s Liberation Movement. Feminism Reframed reviews and revises existing feminist art histories but also reasserts the need for continuous feminist interventions in the academy, the art world and beyond. With contributions by Anthea Behm, Alisia Grace Chase, Jennifer G. Germann, Catherine Grant, Joanne Heath, Ruth Hemus, Alexandra Kokoli, Beth Anne Lauritis, Griselda Pollock, Karen Roulstone, Anne Swartz and Sue Tate. â oeComing at the moment when contemporary art practices are themselves involved in re-cycling, re-evaluating and re-enacting the past, this collection asks how feminismâ (TM)s own â ~troubledâ (TM) histories can be reframed productively in the present. The questions that feminism raised in the 1970s and 80s are still pertinent, and are addressed in a number of original essays: What does gender equality mean in the arts? How can womenâ (TM)s subjectivities be articulated or performed differently in art practices? Can attention to gender enable us to engage with complex differences of race, sexuality and class, of age and generation? Do we need new interpretative and conceptual models for writing about art? Alexandra Kokoliâ (TM)s thoughtful and illuminating introduction reminds us that reframing is a risky but exciting business if it makes us ask these questions anew, with attention to the politics and aesthetics of the present.â â "Rosemary Betterton, Lancaster University

Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas.Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise actual examples of artworks, films, television shows, works of architecture, fashion and even computer games to explain and explore the work of the most commonly taught thinkers. Conceived specifically for the visually minded, the series will prove invaluable to students right across the visual arts. Deleuze disdains easy answers. Yet easy answers to Deleuze are what students need. Without reducing Deleuze's complex body of thought to simplistic solutions, this very contemporary guide leads the reader into the world of Deleuze's spiralling thought through concrete examples from art, film, TV and even computer games. From 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'The Cell' to 'Pac Man' and 'Doom' and from the work of Matthew Barney and Helen Chadwick to 'Lost' and 'Doctor Who', this easily digestible introduction looks at the key ideas promoted by Deleuze, both in his own work and in his notoriously difficult collaborations with Felix Guattari, to make them both fresh and relevant to the visual arts today.

Buku ini, yang terbit di Prancis dengan judul Voyous, berisi dua kuliah umum Derrida yang diberikan pada tahun 2002 untuk meneliti fondasi-fondasi kedaulatan negara-bangsa. Istilah État voyou adalah terjemahan bahasa Prancis untuk istilah Inggris rogue state, digunakan oleh para penguasa global terkemuka untuk menyebut negara-negara tertentu yang tidak patuh hukum internasional, dan terhadap label inilah Derrida mengujinya habis-habisan secara ketat. Untuk melakukannya, Derrida menguji sejarah dari konsep kedaulatan itu sendiri yang diusung Bodin, Hobbes, Rousseau, Schmitt, dan masih banyak lagi. Ketika mengkaji latar belakang ini, dia harus menjelaskan pemahamannya tentang ‘demokrasi akan datang’ (democracy to come), yang dibedakan dengan jelas dari jenis ideal regulatif apa pun, atau cakrawala teleologis mana pun. Ide bahwa demokrasi akan selalu tetap ada di masa depan ini bukanlah sebuah gagasan yang terikat waktu. Sebaliknya, frasa ini lebih merujuk kepada ‘datangnya selalu hal lain yang masih belum terlihat sekarang’, dan struktur peristiwanya jelas melampaui kalkulasi maupun program apa pun yang kita gunakan saat ini. Kalau begitu, Derrida memadukan pemahamannya tentang demokrasi ini dengan logika yang sudah dia selidiki sebelumnya. Namun bukan hanya filsafat politik yang dibedah secara dekonstruktif di sini: Derrida menyediakan banyak asesmen tajam dan keras menohok realitas-realitas politik kontemporer, khususnya, esai-esai di buku ini ketat menyoroti makna di balik peristiwa-peristiwa yang muncul di dunia pasca 9/11. * Ide Derrida yang tajam tentang ‘demokrasi akan datang’ akan menjadi warisan utama pemikiran filosofisnya, dan bagi siapa pun yang bergelut di bidang ini, buku ini adalah rujukan yang esensial. Times Literary Supplement Negara Begal adalah refleksi paling cemerlang tentang hubungan dekonstruksi dengan teori politik pada umumnya, dan dengan ide demokrasi pada khususnya. ... Sangat direkomendasikan untuk dibaca siapa pun. CHOICE

"The papers presented in this volume focus on a series of conservation 'flashpoints'-- painted works, drawings, sculpture, installations, new media, performance, interiors and historic houses, cultural objects-- and revolve around three key areas considered vital in establishing or vouchsafing an artwork's 'authenticity': material, concept and context. A wide range of approaches, some object-based, some more conceptual and philosophical, demonstrate that although the term authenticity is generally employed in the singular, the values associated with it are multiple, multilayered and often competing. The papers, each in their own way, evaluate the critical potential of the pluralised form, 'authenticities', creating a platform for a continuous discussion on this important and fascinating theme"--P. [4] of cover.

Buku ini ingin menyajikan pembacaan yang dilakukan Derrida berusaha membongkar hegemoni tafsir yang menghasratkan ketunggalan, berupaya mengguncang pemaknaan dominan atas teks. Bagi Derrida, setiap teks mempunyai dunianya sendiri yang kaya. Pusat teks ada di mana-mana. Kekayaan teks, bagi Derrida, terletak pada kekayaannya mengandung kembaran makna dan kebergantian makna-makna tersebut—dalam artian tidak ada maknanya yang final.