Derrida's Secret: Perjury, Testimony, Oath

by Charles Barbour

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The Snowden Affair, Wikileaks, the `lone wolf' terrorist, Hilary Clinton's private email account - the question of the secret is arguably the central element of our contemporary political experience. Organised as a reflection on Jacques Derrida's later writings on secrecy, Charles Barbour looks at the basic ontological question: `what is a secret?'

  • ISBN13 9781474425001
  • Publish Date 31 May 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Edinburgh University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Language English