Derrida: The Gift of the Future

drucilla cornell is Professor of Political Science, Comparative Literature, and Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Cornell has authored many books including Defending Ideals (Routledge, 2004),Between Women and Generations (Palgrave, 2002), At the Heart of Freedom (Princeton University Press, 1998), The Imaginary Domain(Routledge, 1995), Transformations (Routledge, 1993), and The Philosophy of the Limit (Routledge, 1992). Currently, Cornell is collaboratively directing a research project in South Africa that seeks to deepen the role of African jurisprudence through ideals like“ubuntu” to inform constitutional clauses and legal interpretations in the ongoing building of the new South Africa.