Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology

Ian Maclachlan is University Lecturer in French and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, UK. Sean Gaston is Senior Lecturer in English at Brunel University, UK.

'A star-studded cast of commentators here offer their takes on Derrida's most famous work, clarifying its many difficulties and exploring its multifarious implications. A most valuable book.' -- Jonathan Culler, Professor of English, Cornell University, USA

• Introduction: Punctuations Sean Gaston; Translator's Preface: Reading De la grammatologie Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; PART I: WRITING BEFORE THE LETTER; 1. The End of the Book and the Beginning of Writing; i. Epoch, Event, Context Christopher Johnson; ii. Origins: "the most original and powerful ethnocentrism" Michael Syrotinski; iii. Even Leibniz Sean Gaston; iv. The Cybernetic Imaginary Christopher Johnson; v. Deconstruction - A Little Note Forbes Morlock; vi. From Etymology ("etumos logos") to Translation, via Badiou and Paulhan Michael Syrotinski; vii. Of Dark Sentences and Gnomes Julian Wolfreys; viii. Pneumatology, Pneuma, Souffle, Breath Michael Naas; ix. Good Writing Sarah Wood; x. A Certain Way of Inhabiting Peggy Kamuf; xi. The Idea of the Book Ian Maclachlan; xii. Forbes Morlock; 2. Linguistics and Grammatology; i. Exergue J. Hillis Miller; ii. Brisure J. Hillis Miller; iii. Jeu J. Hillis Miller; iv. Trace J. Hillis Miller; v. Bizarre Nicholas Royle; vi. Arbitrary Derek Attridge; vii. Writing and World Sean Gaston; viii. This Concept Destroys its Name Ann Smock; ix. Embarrassing Experience Ian Maclachlan; x. A Hinge Ian Maclachlan; xi. Something Other Than Finitude Ian Maclachlan; xii. L'overture blanche Jean-Luc Nancy; 3. Of Grammatology as a Positive Science; i. Grammatology as a "Positive" Science Christopher Johnson; ii. Writing In Evolution, Evolution As "Writing" Christopher Johnson; iii. Grammatology as General Science Peggy Kamuf; iv. Why Leibniz Paul Davies; v. Difference - A Little Note Forbes Morlock; vi. The Constitution of Good and Bad Objects Sarah Wood; PART II: WRITING, NATURE, CULTURE; 1. The Violence of the Letter: From Levi-Strauss to Rousseau; i. Leurre, Lure, Delusion, Illusion Michael Naas; ii. The Subject of Reading - 1 Forbes Morlock; 2. "... That Dangerous Supplement..."; i. Entamer, Entame, To Initiate or Open Up, to Breach or Broach Michael Naas; ii. The Subject of Reading - 2 Forbes Morlock; iii. The Subject of Reading - 3 Forbes Morlock; iv. L'habitation des femmes Peggy Kamuf; 3. Genesis and Structure of the Essay on the Origin of Languages; 3.1 The Place of the "Essay"; i. Pity, Virtuality and Power Sean Gaston; ii. Being-in Nature Peggy Kamuf; iii. Preference and Force Clare Connors; iv. Dynamis and Energia Clare Connors; 3.2 Imitation; i. Fractal Geography Geoffrey Bennington; ii. Estampe Ann Smock; iii. Accents Ann Smock; iv. The Copyist Forbes Morlock; v. Articulation, Accent and Rhyme Clare Connors; 3.3 Ariticulation; i. Butades, the Invention of Drawing and "immediate sign" Michael Naas; ii. The Eye at the Centre of Language Peggy Kamuf; iii. Climate and Catastrophe: A Lost Opening? Timothy Clark; iv. The Subject of Reading - 4 Forbes Morlock; v. The Subject of Reading - 5 Forbes Morlock; vi. The Point d'Eau or the Water-Holes that are Imperceptibly Present in Writing Sarah Wood; vii. Rhythm Clare Connors; viii. Presque Clare Connors; 4. From/Of the Supplement to the Source: The Theory of Writing; i. The Subject of Reading - 6 Forbes Morlock; ii. Theatre Without Theatre Ann Smock; iii. On Naivete Peggy Kamuf; iv. Kafka, Literature and Metaphor Sean Gaston; v. Periodicity Sean Gaston; vi. Habitation in General Peggy Kamuf; vii. "From somewhere where we are" Peggy Kamuf; Biographical Notes: Intervals; Bibliography; Index.