Dialectic of nihilism : post-structuralism and law
This book fundamentally challenges the radical credentials of posts-structuralism. Though Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze claim to have 'deconstructed' metaphysics, their work has much in common with previous attempts to 'end' the metaphysical tradition, from Kant to Nietzsche and Heidegger, and by sociology in general. Gillian Rose shows that this anti-metaphysical writing always appears in historically specific jurisprudential terms, which themselves found and recapitulate metaphysical categories. She reconsiders post-structuralism in this light and assesses the relationship between deconstruction and the earlier structuralism of Saussure and Levi-Strauss. She argues in conclusion that the choice between post-structuralism nihilism and Hegelian and Marxist dialectic is spurious. -- from back cover
232 pages ; 24 cm
9780631131915, 9780631137085, 0631131914, 0631137084
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Introduction: Legalism without law
Part One: Natural law and repetition
From metaphysics to jurisprudence
Law and the categories
Time or history?
Self-perficient nihilism
Natural law and repitition
Part Two: Legalism and nihilism
The new Bergsonism: Deleuze
Structuralism and law: Saussure and Levi-Strauss
Law and writing: Derrida
Legalism and power: Foucault
Conclusion: Dialectic of nihilism