Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology by Sean Gaston, Ian MacLachlan

Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology



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ISBN: 144115275X, 9781441152756
Page: 273
Publisher: Continuum


Sean Gaston | Continuum | September, 3133 | 393 pages | English | pdf. The French philosopher Jacques Derrida (born 1930), by developing a strategy of reading called "deconstruction," challenged assumptions about metaphysics and the character of language and written texts. Today's reading: Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology, pp. Reply January 01, 2012 at 04:22 AM. Of Grammatology, 1976), Derrida argued against the 'phonocentrism' that privileges speech above writing by imagining that the presence of the author affords a fixed point of meaning and intention. Jacques Derrida was born in El Biar, . I don't believe we need to presuppose that everyone must read Derrida's Of Grammatology to appreciate the architecture. But I'm a bit puzzled: what exactly were the "outcomes" of which you had too few all that time ago? Begin with this notion: what if you read Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology as a book review? Of Grammatology opens with a preface and an exergue. Tim Weakley said Many congratulations! But I haven't read her on New Historicism -- that would be interesting. The preface outlines the structure of the text: Part I offers “a theoretical matrix,” which is then tested in part II by a reading of the “age of Rousseau”. Reading Derrida DOWNLOADS BOOK. Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology. It was my first introduction to Derrida, and that introduction was Of Grammatology. I can still vaguely remember when you came into the library of the BSR, insisting that Derrida's book on Grammatology was a work without which no self-respecting academic library could do. We read a number of theorists, including Lacan, Wittgenstein, Saussure, and finally Derrida. Back in that time when I was a committed Derridean, I was a big fan of Spivak's too! Happy New Birthday Year to you.

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