The Young Derrida and French Philosophy, 1945-1968 (Ideas in Context)
"In this masterful book, [Baring] achieves the best picture available of the origins of deconstruction." -Samuel Moyn, Jewish Review of Books"Baring's clear and engaging style makes the book accessible to  students, and, standing relatively independent, individual chapters or  subsections would make excellent secondary reading in graduate and  advanced undergraduate classes." -Samir Haddad, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"a thought-provoking landmark in Derrida criticism" -Laurent Milesi, Modern & Contemporary France"[a] meticulous archival reconstruction of [Derrida's] early  intellectual itinerary" -Peggy Kamuf, Los Angeles Review of Books"[An] impressive contribution to the long-awaited historiography of French theory." -Julian Bourg, American Historical Review"The Young Derrida is an exemplary work of intellectual history... [providing] virtuoso analysis of Derrida's writings, from his early essays to his mature works of the mid-sixties." -Michael Kelly, H-France