Description: This is the foundational book for the literary critical movement known as deconstruction. It offers Derrida's most systematic exposition of the linguistic and philosophical principles that have made him one of the century's most talked-...
Synopsis This is the foundational book for the literary critical movement known as deconstruction. It offers Derrida's most systematic exposition of the linguistic and philosophical principles that have made him one of the century's most talked-about philosophers and literary theorists.
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9.0 in
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6.0 in
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1.2 in
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20.8 oz
Publisher's Note A detailed discussion of the evolution of Derrida's ideas concerning language prefaces the complete text of his first major work which questions Saussurian structural linguistics and the metaphysics of presence.
Industry Reviews "This translation is a noble job, and we should be grateful to have this distinguished book in our hands." New York Review of Books - Michael Wood