PrefaceIntroduction: Reading Between the Blinds Part One: Difference at the Origin1. From
Speech and Phenomena2. From Of Grammatology3. 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 Language10. From" Des Tours de Babel" 11. From"
Living on: Border Lines" 12." Letter to a Japanese Friend" 13. From" Restitutions of the Truth …

Jacques Derrida is one of the most prolific and influential contemporary French intellectuals.
Twenty-two essays and excerpts from Derrida's writings over the last twenty-five years are
gathered in this accessible introduction, _A Derrida Reader_. The book's five sections are
carefully introduced by the editor, and each selection of Derrida's work is presented
succinctly in context. A general introduction to the volume by Peggy Kamuf provides an
original interpretation and overview of Derrida's work and philosophy