Time for a little systematic reading. Derrida’s 1962 Introduction to the Origin of Geometry is an extremely important book for understanding the development of Derrida’s work, and the unity of his overall oeuvre. From memory (don’t have the book in front of me), he describes it in Positions as the first half to Speech and Phenomena, and essential for understanding the latter, as well as his two other 1967 texts.
So, if you’re keen for a reading group, please join. On the other hand, I’ll still post on it regardless, so I’m not fussed. Comments and criticisms are welcome. The point I’m expecially interested in is historicity, and the novelty, or not, that Derrida’s reading represents.
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