Beckett and Philosophy

GARY BANHAM Lecturer, Bolton Institute and Teacher of Philosophy, Adult Education Authority, ManchesterSTEVE BARFIELD Senior Lecturer in English Literacy and Cultural Studies, University of WestminsterRICHARD BEGAM Professor of English, University of MadisonMARY BRYDEN Senior Lecturer, Department of French Studies, University of ReadingDAVID CUNNINGHAM Lecturer in English, University of WestminsterROBERT EAGLESTONE Lecturer in Twentieth Century Literature, Royal Holloway, University of LondonANDREW GIBSON Reader in English, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTHOMAS HUNKELER Lecturer in Modern French, University of ZurichULRIKA MAUDE University of YorkPHILIP TEW Senior Lecturer in English, Debrecen University, Hungary

• Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Lane PART I: THEORIZING BECKETT AND PHILOSOPHY Beckett and Postfoundationalism: or, How Fundamental Are Those Fundamental Sounds; R.Begam Beckett in the Wilderness: Writing About (not) Writing About Beckett; R.Eaglestone PART II: BECKETT AND FRENCH THOUGHT Cinders: Derrida with Beckett; G.Banham The Role of the Dead Man in the Game of Writing: Beckett and Foucault; T.Hunkeler Deleuze Reading Beckett; M.Bryden Beckett and Badiou; A.Gibson The Body of Memory: Beckett and Merleau-Ponty; U.Maude PART III: BECKETT AND GERMAN THOUGHT Trying (Not) To Understand: Adorno and the Work of Beckett; D.Cunningham Philosophical Adjacency: Beckett's Prose via Jürgen Habermas; P.Tew Beckett and Heidegger: A Critical Survey; S.Barfield Beckett and Nietzsche: The Eternal Headache; R.Lane Index

'A stimulating foray into European history of ideas in the 20th century, this title reveals, by yet another measure, Beckett's critically important place.' - J.Schlueter, Choice