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Of Grammatology

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JHU Press, Jan 8, 1998 - Philosophy - 360 pages

Jacques Derrida's revolutionary theories about deconstruction, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and structuralism, first voiced in the 1960s, forever changed the face of European and American criticism. The ideas in De la grammatologie sparked lively debates in intellectual circles that included students of literature, philosophy, and the humanities, inspiring these students to ask questions of their disciplines that had previously been considered improper. Thirty years later, the immense influence of Derrida's work is still igniting controversy, thanks in part to Gayatri Spivak's translation, which captures the richness and complexity of the original. This corrected edition adds a new index of the critics and philosophers cited in the text and makes one of contemporary criticism's most indispensable works even more accessible and usable.

  

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This was, amazingly enough, my introduction to Derrida. - Goodreads
Derrida is a restless writer. - Goodreads
It is probably the best intro to them. - Goodreads
If I could just get through the Introduction.. - Goodreads
To Derrida, the writing itself carried a message. - Goodreads
thanks to derrida for his defence of writing. - Goodreads

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Yes Derrida tends to be a bit verbose and redundant. However once you get past the syntax you will find a philosophy that is deep and inherent in our postmodern society. Sometimes I say to myself ... Read full review

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I had to read this for a critical theory course in graduate school. The impenetrable prose made me want to pull out my hair, and I'm pretty sure the emperor is naked in this case. I only made it ... Read full review

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Contents

Acknowledgments
vii
Preface
lxxxix
The End of the Book and the Beginning of Writing
6
Linguistics and Grammatology
27
Of Grammatology as a Positive Science
74
Part II
98
That Dangerous Supplement
141
Genesis and Structure of the Essay on the Origin of Languages
165
The Theory of Writing
269
Notes
317
Index
355
Copyright

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Of Grammatology by Jacques Derrida
An extract which includes most of the second chapter
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Presidential Lectures: Jacques Derrida: Of Grammatology
Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology Corrected Edition, translated by Gayatri Chakrovorty Spivak, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. ...
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Fark Yaraları = Scars of Différance: Derrida - Of Grammatology
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Derrida’s Of Grammatology Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was an ...
Of Grammatology (1967) is an examination of the relation between speech and writing, and it is an investigation of how speech and writing develop as forms ...
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D Potts on Derrida;s "Of Grammatology"
Subject: Cyberseminar: Derrida's Of Grammatology Chapter 1 ... sketching an outline of Derrida's epistemology from "Of Grammatology." This ...
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Of Grammatology (Selection): Notes
Of Grammatology (Selection): Notes. The Outside and the Inside. Saussure takes writing to be narrow and derivative. Narrow because it is just one modality ...
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JSTOR: Of Grammatology
BOOK REVIEWS OF GRAMMATOLOGY. By Jacques Derrida. Translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976. xc, 354 p. ...
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Johns Hopkins University Press | Books | Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology was and remains the most tightly worked . . . and exemplary . . . demonstration of the science of this shift and crisis."—Canto ...
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Of Grammatology@Everything2.com
Of Grammatology does not seem to be a particularly 'massive tome' to me. The English translation by Gayatri Spivak, minus her introduction, runs at about ...
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About the author (1998)

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.

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