Appearance and Revelation: Benjamin, Derrida and the Institution of Knowledge

The article explores the question of orientation for deconstruction through a comparison of Derrida's reading of the Kantian university and Benjamin's rearticulation of knowledge through the work of art. A framework for this analysis is provided by the historical shift from revelation to a...

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Main Author: MacPhee, Graham (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2003
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 435-456
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