Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology

Sean Gaston is Reader in English at Brunel University, UK. Ian Maclachlan is University Lecturer in French and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, 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 \ 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 Lévi-Strauss to Rousseau \ i. Leurre, Lure, Delusion, Illusion Michael Naas \ ii. The Subject of Reading - 1 Forbes Morlock \ 2. "... That Dangerous Supplement ..." \ i. Entamer, Entamé, 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 Naïveté 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.