Derrida et le XVIIIe siècle

Book cover: Derrida et le XVIIIe siècle

Extent: 321 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Series: Constitution de la modernite

Language: French

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9782406209799

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $54.00

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9782406211358

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $120.00

For Derrida, “the eighteenth century” is not a settled historical category but a philosophical problem—a view that many eighteenth-century scholars reject. Moving beyond this divide, this volume shows that deconstruction and the Enlightenment are mutually implicated, inviting readers to reinterpret the historical Enlightenment as a testing ground for an Enlightenment that is still to come.


For Derrida, “the eighteenth century” is not a settled historical category but a philosophical problem—a view that many eighteenth-century scholars reject. Moving beyond this divide, this volume shows that deconstruction and the Enlightenment are mutually implicated, inviting readers to reinterpret the historical Enlightenment as a testing ground for an Enlightenment that is still to come.