Labyrinths of Exemplarity

Irene E. Harvey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Penn State at University Park and author of Derrida and the Economy of Différance.

• Preface: Dimensions of Exemplarity Introduction: Exemplarity As the Elixir of Thinking PART 1. Threads of Exemplarity 1. For Emile Emile's "Own" ExperienceEmile's Experience of "The Others" 2. For Sophie Self-Image As Self-MisunderstandingSophie's Relations to Others 3. For Us Reading EmileReading Sophie/WomenReading Male/Female Relations PART 2. Theories of Exemplarity 4. Thematized: Exemplarity in Pedagogy For the TutorRousseau’s Method: For Us 5. The Unthematized Theories of Exemplarity MethodologiesWithin the Thematized: Rousseau’s "Theory" and Theories PART 3. Exemplarity and Deconstructibility 6. Derrida's Rousseau IntroductionDerrida's RousseauExample, Exemplar, ExemplarityBetween Use and Usage: The "Lens of Differance"Excesses and Exemplarity PART 4. The Rhetorics of Exemplarity 7. Theories of Rhetorics and the Places of Example IntroductionTheories of Rhetorics and the Places of ExampleAristotle's Rhetorical DiscourseArticulations of Exemplarity: ThematicsThe Rhetorical Discourse of Exemplarity Notes Index

"Few recent works in continental thought exhibit the depth of analysis and attention to detail displayed here. The argument is thoughtfully articulated and quite persuasive. I particularly enjoyed the discussions with respect to exemplarity and différance, theology, and patriarchy, inasmuch as the author contends, correctly I think, that the motif of part/whole significantly informs these issues, and hence the structures of exemplarity dominate in the tradition." — Douglas L. Donkel, editor of The Theory of Difference: Readings in Contemporary Continental Thought"The author offers rich and provocative readings of Rousseau." — Rebecca Comay, coeditor of Endings: Questions of Memory in Hegel and Heidegger