Memoirs of the blind : the self-portrait and other ruins /
Jacques Derrida ; translated by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas.
- Pbk. ed.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007, c1993.
- x, 141 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
- Parti-pris series .
- Parti pris (Réunion des musées nationaux (France)) .
A volume in the Parti-pris series from the Louvre--Cover. English ed. originally published: 1993. French ed. originally published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Louvre Museum, Paris, Oct. 26, 1990-Jan. 21, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references.
Twentieth-century French philosopher Jacques Derrida critiques famous and lesser-known works of art, discussing the history and philosophy of art, along with the ways that vision, blindness, and self-representation relate to drawing.