Double Signature. Issue 2 (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hanrahan, Mairéad
• Is Part Of: Paragraph. Volume 39:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 165
• Page End: 186
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Derrida -- Glas -- countersignature -- Hegel -- Genet -- sexual difference -- mother -- father -- Jewishness; Criticism -- Periodicals; Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Art criticism -- Periodicals; 809
• DOI: 10.3366/para.2016.0193
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-8334

Abstract

Abstract : This article discusses Glas in the light of Derrida's notion of the countersignature as both affirmation and betrayal of the countersigned. It explores how the two columns of Glas confirm as well as oppose each other, notably in relation to sexual difference, and examines how Derrida in turn is both faithful and unfaithful towards Hegel and Genet. Tracing the complexity of Derrida's signature, it reflects on its broader implications for his deconstructive project.