Reviews

How to Read Derrida by Penelope Deutscher, Simon Critchley

lnewton's review against another edition

Go to review page

A solid survey of Derrida's key works with extracts from primary texts. His main arguments are highlighted, so that a reader can recognise which areas of Derrida's philosophy appeals to them. For me that would be his response to other philosophers like Plato and Rousseau, and not so much his later philosophy.
More...