Fenves, Peter (Editor) Raising the Tone of Philosophy: Late Essays by Immanuel Kant, Transformative Critique by Jacques Derrida. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. First edition. 0801844568  176 pages. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in black cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits light wear.

"In "Raising the Tone of Philosophy", Peter Fenves expands the context of Jacques Derrida's work on voice and tonality by presenting the first English translations of two of Kant's important late essays, "On a Newly Arisen Superior Tone in Philosophy" and "Announcement of a Near Conclusion of a Treaty for Eternal Peace in Philosophy." The book also includes a revised translation, by John Leavey, of Derrida's "On a Newly Arisen Apocalyptic Tone in Philosophy," which rewrites and reorients Kant's essays. After showing how Kant and Derrida concur on at least one point -- the voice of reason guards a secret -- Fenves proposes that these essays reveal the ineluctable tonality of all philosophical texts, especially those that wish to announce an end to philosophy."