This is the only available collection of Jacques Derrida's contributions to philosophy, presented with a comprehensive introduction. From Speech and Phenomena to the highly influential "Signature Event Context," each excerpt includes an overview and brief summary.

Preface Introduction: Reading Between the Blinds Part One: Difference at the Origin 1. From Speech and Phenomena 2. From Of Grammatology 3. From "Difference" 4. "Signature Event Context" 5. From "Plato's Pharmacy" Part Two: Beside Philosophy-"Literature" 6. "Tympan" 7. From "The Double Session" 8. From "Psyche: Inventions of the Other" 9. "Che cos'e la poesia?" Part Three: More than One Language 10. From "Des Tours de Babel" 11. From "Living on: Border Lines" 12. "Letter to a Japanese Friend" 13. From "Restitutions of the Truth in Pointing" Part Four: Sexual Difference in Philosophy 14. From Glas 15. From Spurs: Nietsche's Styles 16. "Geschlecht: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference" 17. From "At this Very Moment in This Work Here I Am" 18. From Choreographies" Part Five: Tele-Types (Yes, Yes) 19. From "Le Facteur de la verite" 20. From "Envois" 21. From "To Speculate--on 'Freud'" 22. From "ulysses Gramophone: Hear Say Yes in Joyce" Bibliography of Works in Jacques Derrida Selected Works on Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction Index of Works by Jacques Derrida Index

An extraordinary, subtle and informative anthology...The work is presented scrupulously, generously, with consummate art and skill, and will stand as a benchmark for Derrida studies for some time to come. Substance

This is the only available collection of Jacques Derrida's contributions to philosophy, presented with a comprehensive introduction. From Speech and Phenomena to the highly influential "Signature Event Context," each excerpt includes an overview and brief summary.