Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression (Religion and Postmodernism)

In Archive Fever Jacques Derrida deftly guides us through an extended meditation on remembrance religion time and technologyfruitfully 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 e-mail 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. "Judaic mythos Freudian psychoanalysis and e-mail all get fused into another staggeringly dense brilliant slab of scholarship and suggestion."The Guardian "Derrida convincingly argues that although the archive is a public entity it nevertheless is the repository of the private and personal including even intimate details."Choice "Beautifully written and clear."Jeremy Barris Philosophy in Review "Translator Prenowitz has managed valiantly to bring into English a difficult but inspiring text that relies on Greek German and their translations into French."Library Journal