This book outlines jacques derrida’s thinking on sovereignty in relation to subjectivity through an investigation of the late work Rogues: Two Essays on Reason. The author detects in Derrida’s thinking of sovereignty—a theme that increasingly attracted him toward the end of his life—the outline of Bataille’s adaptation of Freud.

The results of Mansfield’s analysis will be crucial for understanding such key themes in late Derrida as hospitality, justice, otherness, and the gift.