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Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology Sean Gaston, Ian MacLachlan
Publisher: Continuum

It was my first introduction to Derrida, and that introduction was Of Grammatology. Reading Derrida DOWNLOADS BOOK. Why do people read bad books, particularly bad books that are extremely long, extremely incoherent (or just poorly written, or deliberately incomprehensible), and sometimes even full of stupid ideas? 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”. 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. I recently re-read Of Grammatology--after giving up a third of the way through the first time around--and I was surprised by what I found. Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology. Happy New Birthday Year to you. Moreover, why do so You've read all of Of Grammatology! In order to help me understand the theory, I read “Semiology and Grammatology” by Jacques Derrida. Of Grammatology opens with a preface and an exergue. Derrida's Grammatology and Language Theory. French philosopher Jacques Derrida is known for Writing and Difference, his language and literary theories, and concept of self as linguistic construction. Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology It is probably easier to understand deconstruction while reading Derrida's essays, because he uses the method differently in each case; he does not spell it out explicitly like a formula. I read this first, I think, after some of the short essays that first introduced me to Derrida. Sean Gaston | Continuum | September, 3133 | 393 pages | English | pdf. We read a number of theorists, including Lacan, Wittgenstein, Saussure, and finally Derrida. Tim Weakley said Many congratulations! Reply January 01, 2012 at 04:22 AM. But all this brings me back to Grammatology--my second point. But I'm a bit puzzled: what exactly were the "outcomes" of which you had too few all that time ago?