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Archive fever : a Freudian impression / Jacques Derrida ; translated by Eric Prenowitz.

By: Language: English Original language: French Series: Religion and postmodernismPublication details: Chicago [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, 1998.Description: 113 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226143675
  • 0226143678
Uniform titles:
  • Mal d'archive. English
Subject(s): Summary: In Archive Fever, Jacques Derrida deftly guides us through an extended meditation on remembrance, religion, time, and technology--fruitfully occasioned by a deconstructive analysis of the notion of archiving. Intrigued by the evocative relationship between technologies of inscription and psychic processes, Derrida offers for the first time a major statement on the pervasive impact of electronic media, particularly email, which threaten to transform the entire public and private space of humanity. Plying this rich material with characteristic virtuosity, Derrida constructs a synergistic reading of archives and archiving, both provocative and compelling.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Red 194 DER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 01144

Originally presented as a lecture June 5, 1994, at an international colloquium entitled: Memory : the Question of Archives in London, England.

Originally published as hbk.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (page 113).

In Archive Fever, Jacques Derrida deftly guides us through an extended meditation on remembrance, religion, time, and technology--fruitfully occasioned by a deconstructive analysis of the notion of archiving. Intrigued by the evocative relationship between technologies of inscription and psychic processes, Derrida offers for the first time a major statement on the pervasive impact of electronic media, particularly email, which threaten to transform the entire public and private space of humanity. Plying this rich material with characteristic virtuosity, Derrida constructs a synergistic reading of archives and archiving, both provocative and compelling.