While there are reasons for this, it leaves the student with a problem - which this article tries in some measure - J.-J. This book is apparently the closest Derrida has come to writing a systematic statement of his philosophy, of which the opening chapter gives an overview. It is the most overtly poststructuralist book to be considered here, since its first part deals explicitly and at length with structuralist theories of language through the works of Ferdinand de Saussure and Roman Jakobson, among others. The following is a summary of Derrida’s thought as presented in Part I, Chapter 1, of his book Of Grammatology. Poststructuralism as deconstruction. Professor Jacques Derrida, Jacques Derrida. Or, *Of Grammatology* As A Guide To Theoretical Criminology Jacques Derrida's *Of Grammatology* is one of the most infamous theoretical works of recent decades: from its initial reception as a Rosetta Stone of a new literary history to Derrida's famous snubbing by Cambridge dons, it was reputed to be all kinds of mind-expanding. John Hopkins University Press., 1974. Chapter Two, with one section deleted. 2 Linguistics and Grammatology. I must say that getting a handle on Derrida is not coming easy to me. Source: Of Grammatology, publ. Derrida's Of Grammatology E dinburgh Arthur Bradley EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL GUIDES General Editor: Douglas Burnham The books in this series are specifically written for students r 1 Review. There are few detailed summaries of Derrida’s “Of Grammatology” on the Internet. Of Grammatology. Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology [De la grammatologie] was first published in French in 1967. Of Grammatology (Book) : Derrida, Jacques : Jacques Derrida's revolutionary theories about deconstruction, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and structuralism, first voiced in the 1960s, forever changed the face of European and American criticism. Jacques Derrida's revolutionary theories about deconstruction, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and structuralism, first voiced in the 1960s, forever changed the face of European and American criticism. JHU Press, Jan 8, 1998 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 360 pages. Rousseau, Fragment inédit d'un essai sur les langues. Writing is nothing but the representation of speech; it is bizarre that one gives more care to the determining of the image than to the object. It is a work which is notoriously difficult to read. Summary.