Derrida, Jacques.

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.

0226143082 (pbk.) 0226143074 (cloth) 9780226143088 (pbk.) 9780226143071 (cloth)


Colección Estética.


Drawing--Philosophy.
Visual perception.
Blind in art.
Aesthetics.

741.01 DER