The essays in this collection address a diverse range of themes in the work of Jacques Derrida, including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature.

Striking out from a number of new headings and in a number of new directions each of the essays in this collection pushes at the borders of their topics, disciplines and ways of thinking, providing innovative and inventive insights into the work - and application - of Jacques Derrida on a diverse range of themes including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature, demonstrating that, today, despite repeated accusations over recent years that the work of Derrida has become passe, there is more vitality and spirit in engaging with the writings of Derrida than ever before. This collection of internationally renowned schol ars and fresh young voices gathered here make a spirited challenge to both the dogmas of conventional 'deconstruction' while also making serious demands on those who write off Derridean thought as endless wordplay and pointless punning. This, therefore, will not have been 'deconstruction'. Those with narrow intellectual perspectives need not apply.

Notes on Contributors - Key to Abbreviations - Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction
J.Brannigan, R.Robbins &
J.Wolfreys -X
G.Bennington - Expecting the Unexpected in Coetzee's Master of Petersburg and Derrida's Recent Writings
D.Attridge - 'And One Thing Knows the Flower': Whistler, Swinburne, Derrida
R.Robbins - Writing DeTermiNation: Reading Death in(to) Irish National Identity
J.Brannigan - A Note on a Post Card: Derrida, Deronda, DEeguy
J.Wolfreys - The Terror of the Law: Judaism and International Institutions
G.Banham - Incommunication: Derrida in Translation
K.Littau - Justice: the Law of the Law
B.Belay - Assuming Responsibility: Or Derrida's Disclaimers
M.Patrick - Derrida's Others
J.H.Miller - (Touching On) Tele-Technology
R.Luckhurst - Derrida and British Film Theory
A.Easthope - Derrida on Television
P.Kamuf - 'As if I were dead': An Interview with Jacques Derrida - Works Cited - Index