Voice and phenomenon : introduction to the problem of the sign in Husserl's phenomenology / Jacques Derrida ; translated from the French by Leonard Lawlor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derrida, Jacques.

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Lawlor, Leonard, 1954-

Series:

Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy

Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy

Standardized Title:

Voix et le phénomène. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938.

Husserl, Edmund.

Phenomenology.

Signs and symbols.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Difference (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 125 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Voice and Phenomenon was first published in 1967, Jacques Derrida's annus mirabilis, alongside Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference. The combined effect of these three texts was nothing short of epochal, announcing as they did the new philosophical project of "deconstruction." Of these books, Derrida singled out Voice and Phenomenon as his favorite. Here, at the outset of his career, Derrida engages critically with the most important philosophical movement of the last hundred years: phenomenology. Focusing on Husserl's theory of signs, Derrida situates the philosophy of language in relation to logic and rhetoric, which have often been seen as incompatible criteria for the use and interpretation of signs. His critique of Husserl attacks the notion that language is founded on logic rather than on rhetoric. In subjecting phenomenology to this rigorous examination, Derrida reveals that, despite its vehement renunciation of metaphysics, the recourse to phenomenological critique is metaphysics itself-the "metaphysics of presence." Leonard Lawlor's new translation offers a fluid and faithful rendering of this seminal work of deconstruction. Book jacket.

Contents:

Translator's introduction: The germinal structure of Derrida's thought

Translator's note

Introduction

Sign and signs

The reduction of indication

Meaning as soliloquy

Meaning and representation

The sign and the blink of an eye

The voice that keeps silent

The originative supplement.

Notes:

"Originally published in French under the title La voix et le phénomène by Presses universitaires de France, 1967"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-111) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9780810127654

0810127652

OCLC:

693809771

Publisher Number:

40019805308