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

When I started reading On Grammatology, I took a copy of Spivak's translation out of the library with it in case Derrida really proved unreadable. In order to help me understand the theory, I read “Semiology and Grammatology” by Jacques Derrida. We read a number of theorists, including Lacan, Wittgenstein, Saussure, and finally Derrida. Derrida is not an easy read by any means. *le pout*" "A manifesto of metaphysics within a history of the moral decline of Rome. Derrida performs a deconstructive reading of Austin, via Corneille and Husserl, highlighting the exclusion of particular speech acts on the basis of a characteristic (paracitism, citationality) which turns out to exemplify communication in . I don't believe we need to presuppose that everyone must read Derrida's Of Grammatology to appreciate the architecture. My friend, J., who was in graduate school, and called himself a marxist-feminist (he's now a libertarian), told me all about Derrida. It was my first introduction to Derrida, and that introduction was Of Grammatology. Graham and Levi are up with posts on Derrida. Since I'm spending part of the day reading Levi's recent paper on time and Derrida, let me make a couple of notes: 1. The first time I didn't read of Grammatology, I had just finished my undergraduate study.