The Philosophy of the Limit

In ***The Philosophy of the Limit*** Drucilla Cornell examines the relationship of deconstruction to questions of ethics, justice and legal interpretation. She argues that renaming deconstruction "the philosophy of the limit" will allow us to be more precise about what deconstruction actually is philosophically and hence to articulate more clearly its significance for law. Cornell's focus on the importance of the limit and the centrality of the gender hierarchy allows her to offer a view of jurisprudence different from both the critical social theory and analytic jurisprudence.

Autorentext

Drucilla Cornell

Klappentext

In The Philosophy of the Limit Drucilla Cornell examines the relationship of deconstruction to questions of ethics, justice and legal interpretation. She argues that renaming deconstruction "the philosophy of the limit" will allow us to be more precise about what deconstruction actually is philosophically and hence to articulate more clearly its significance for law. Cornell's focus on the importance of the limit and the centrality of the gender hierarchy allows her to offer a view of jurisprudence different from both the critical social theory and analytic jurisprudence.

Zusammenfassung
Examines the relationship of deconstruction to questions of ethics, justice and legal interpretation. Cornell argues that renaming deconstruction 'the philosophy of the limit' will enable us to be more precise about its meaning.

Inhalt

Introduction: What Is Postmodernity Anyway?; Chapter 1 The Ethical Message of Negative Dialectics; Chapter 2 The "Postmodern" Challenge to the Ideal of Community; Chapter 3 The Ethical Significance of the Chiffonnier; Chapter 4 The Good, the Right and the Possibility of Legal Interpretation; Chapter 5 The Relevance of Time to the Relationship between the Philosophy of the Limit and Systems Theory: The Call to Judicial Responsibility; Chapter 6 The Violence of the Masquerade: Law Dressed Up as Justice; Conclusion: "The Ethical, Political, Juridical Significance of the End of Man";