David Farrell Krell is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, Brauer Distinguished Visiting Professor of German Studies at Brown University, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg. He is the author of many books, including Struck by Apollo: Hölderlin's Journeys to Bordeaux and Back and Beyond and A Black Forest Walden: Conversations with Henry David Thoreau and Marlonbrando, both by SUNY Press.

"Krell has written a magnificent book: at times it is a true adventure in thinking." — Phenomenological Reviews"…[a] rigorous and unprecedented contribution to the study of Heidegger and Derrida … [a] remarkable book … Highly recommended." — CHOICE"A major contribution to Derrida studies, to Heidegger studies, and to philosophy." — Walter Brogan"This study of Derrida's several engagements with Heidegger under the title of Geschlecht shows Krell's remarkable scholarship, linguistic ability, philosophical insight, and subtlety at their very best." — Charles E. Scott

• PrefaceAbbreviations of Works CitedIntroduction1. Geschlecht I: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference2. Geschlecht II: Heidegger’s Singular Hand3. Of Spirit4. Geschlecht IV: Heidegger’s Philopolemological Ear5. Geschlecht III: A Truncated Typescript6. Geschlecht III: The Phantom of the Other7. The Magnetism of Georg and Gretl TraklAppendix A: Poems Discussed in the Present VolumeAppendix B: Poems UndiscussedIndex