About this title: In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great French thinker Jacques Derrida. He called the new process 'deconstruction'. Rewriting the ways in which we use language and literature, deconstruction affected every form of intellectual thought, from literary criticism to popular culture. It also criticized the entire tradition of Western ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226143293ISBN:0226143295
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 362 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780226143293ISBN:0226143295
Description: Fine. 0226143295. 342 pages. Translated and with an introduction and additional notes by Alan Bass. Tight, clean and crisp. The book appears unread and looks New.; 8vo. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415253833ISBN:0415253837
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 7.795 by 5.079 inches. In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great french thinker jacques derrida. read the book that changed the way we think, read writing and difference, the classic introduction. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Date Published: 12/01/1978
ISBN-13:9780226143286ISBN:0226143287
Description: Fair. 0226143287 Writing and Difference-Used book in acceptable condition. Spine, cover and pages show significant wear. This volume will have some/all of the following: Textual marks; Moisture spots; Foxing; Bent Pages/Covers; Small Tears; Weak Hinges; Yellowing; Highlighting. Binding: Hardcover ISBN13: 9780226143286 We are professional and prompt. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415253833ISBN:0415253837
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Date Published: 1978-12
ISBN-13:9780226143286ISBN:0226143287
Description: Fair. U of Chicago, 1978, hardcover with dustjacket. Full green cloth, title stamped on spine. Previous owner name, date, and place. Very heavily underlined. Solid binding. Book has rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket with rubbing and small tears to spine ends, corners, and edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780710000804ISBN:0710000804
Description: Green board very clean in d/j. 0-7100-0080-4 Book Description In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great French thinker Jacques Derrida. He called the new process 'deconstruction'. Rewriting the ways in which we use language and literature, deconstruction affected every form of intellectual thought, from literary criticism to popular culture. It also criticized the entire tradition of Western philosophy, from Plato to Bataille. The academic community was rocked on a scale hitherto ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780226143286ISBN:0226143287
Description: Octavo, 339pp. First edition of the English translation. Paul De Man's copy, with an inlaid letter to him from Allen N. Fitchen, the Humanities Editor of the University of Chicago Press thanking De Man for his interest and support in their efforts to publish Derrida in English. Near fine, in like dust jacket. read more
Edition: reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
Description: Very Good in None jacket. Softcover. 342 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, light edgewear to cover. Clean, tight copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415253833ISBN:0415253837
Description: New. In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great French thinker Jacques Derrida. Read the book that changed the way we think; read Writing and Difference, the classic introduction. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226143293ISBN:0226143295
Description: Good. 0226143295 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226143293ISBN:0226143295
Description: Good. 0226143295 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226143293ISBN:0226143295
Description: New. First published in 1967, "Writing and Difference, " a collection of Jacques Derrida's essays written between 1959 and 1966, has become a landmark of contemporary French thought. In it we find Derrida at work on his systematic deconstruction of Western... read more
"The abstract art of modern philosophy. Self-indulgent (others say playful), unnecessarily digressive and round-about----the actual conceptual depth of what is conveyed, while it was surely groundbreaking, can be stated in terms much simpler than Derrida's. Derrida is a cultural hero to many and the gravitational mass of the cult that surrounds him has bent the light in the eyes of those who adulate a man that can do no wrong. I once heard Derrida give a lecture in Auckland on the concept of mercy as related to "merci", and it was 3 hours long. 1/3 of the audience left by 30 minutes once they saw where he was headed, 1/3 sat in rapture, and 1/3 laughed and played cards (or maybe that was my friend and I...). Derrida blah blah blah."
"With this collection of subversive essays, Jacques Derrida exploded onto the scene of post-modern philosophy in Europe and the US though he didn't have a doctorate or teaching position at the time. In it, he demonstrates for the first time his conception of `deconstruction,' an apparently inexplicable concept which enables the analysis of `inter-textuality' and `binary-oppositions,' to be revealed. `Writing and Difference,' is of course a difficult text, and analytic philosophers don't even bother with it, though that may be their greatest mistake, for Derrida attempts (and not without success) to demonstrate that the notion of purely objective, enlightened truth seeking is an impossibility. That the essence of thought always operates within a given schema, a given facticity. "Differance," the famous phrase of Derrida, indicates that writing is necessarily primary to speech, we can see the `differ a nce' in text, not phonetically.
The first essay in this collection `Force and Signification,' attempts to apply a philosophical rigour to the analysis of literature, wherein Derrida explains Flaubert, Mallarme, and a number of others. `Cogito and the History of Madness' is an extremely famous essay about Foucault which triggered a feud between the two intellectuals that would never fully be mended. In it, Derrida argues that Foucault's book does not address the Cartesian notion of the Cogito adequately in the History of Madness, and that Foucault ultimately relies on the same principles of the enlightenment while attempting to expose the dynamics of its power simultaneously. The essay (along with violence and Metaphysics) is a perfect example of Derrida's capacity to deconstruct. However, he moves very quickly and without and assistance to the reader. If you have not read the author Derrida is deconstructing he will simply leave you in the dust.
The latter essays in the book deal primarily with Artaud, Freud, Bataille, Hegel, Heidegger, Levi-Strauss, and metaphysics and language generally. The essay on Levi-Strauss (Structure, Sign, and Play) is a particularly damning lecture delivered at Johns Hopkins University and left irreparable damages to the structuralist movement at the time. `Writing and Difference' is an important collection of critical texts for 20th century philosophy, and it should remain an important work for many ages to come."
First of all. if you are not a fan- do not read this book. haha.
Secondly, if you're still not really sure what linguistic deconstruction is all about, the first half of this book would be a good introduction to Derrida's philosophy.
Thirdly, this book is awesome! While it is not as in depth as some of his other works, it is still a refreshing read if you're interested in deconstruction."
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