Review of Recent Editions of Derrida Texts

Abstract

Mind recently published a review by Simon Glendinning of Michael L. Morgan’s Levinas’ Ethical Politics which solely focused on the final chapter, a lengthy and robust engagement of the existing literature. It can be that with certain books it is perhaps better to give them time to digest rather than participating in a rush to speak. Equally, there might be particular points that do need to be observed immediately. Geschlecht III is a very different sort of publication to Morgan’s but it is conceivably one that is also in need of a notice of an unusual type, focusing solely on certain aspects of its presentation. Geschlecht III is edited by Geoffrey Bennington, Katie Chernoweth and Rodrigo Therozo and translated by the latter pair. It is to be commended as a scholarly edition which finds a worthy place alongside the other fine productions of the Derrida Seminars Translation Project. There are, however, certain elements which are in need of remarking. A preface is written by Therozo. The