num_pages: 205
description: Edmund Husserl's Origin of Geometry": An Introduction (1962) is Jacques Derrida's earliest published work. In this commentary-interpretation of the famous appendix to Husserl's The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology , Derrida relates writing to such key concepts as differing, consciousness, presence, and historicity. Starting from Husserl's method of historical investigation, Derrida gradually unravels a deconstructive critique of phenomenology itself, which forms the foundation for his later criticism of Western metaphysics as a metaphysics of presence. The complete text of Husserl's Origin of Geometry is included.
language: English
title: Edmund Husserl's "Origin of Geometry": An Introduction
titlecomplete: Edmund Husserl's "Origin of Geometry": An Introduction
genres: Theory, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Mathematics
ratings_count: 125
publisher: University of Nebraska Press