num_pages: 625
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds
titlecomplete: A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds
genres: France, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Theory
ratings_count: 140
publisher: Columbia University Press