Writing And Difference

In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great French thinker JacquesDerrida. He called the new process deconstruction. Rewriting the ways inwhich we use... » 

In the 1960s a radical concept emerged from the great French thinker JacquesDerrida. He called the new process deconstruction. Rewriting the ways inwhich we use language and literature deconstruction affected every form ofintellectual thought from literary criticism to popular culture. It alsocriticized the entire tradition of Western philosophy from Plato to Bataille.The academic community was rocked on a scale hitherto unknown with Writing andDifference attracting both accolades and derision. Whatever the responsedeconstruction is here to stay. Read the book that changed the way we thinkread Writing and Difference the classic introduction. «