1st Edition

An Analysis of Jacques Derrida's Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences

By Tim Smith-Laing Copyright 2018
112 Pages
by Macat Library

112 Pages
by Macat Library

112 Pages
by Macat Library

Jacques Derrida’s Structure, Sign, and Play is one of the most controversial and influential philosophical texts of the 20th century. Delivered at a conference on structuralism at Johns Hopkins, the lecture took aim at the critical and philosophical fashions of the time and radically proposing a world in which meaning cannot be pinned down or traced to an origin, but instead is continuously... Read more

Ways in to the text 

Who was Jacques Derrida? 

What does Structure Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Science say?  

Why does Structure Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Science matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Tim Smith-Laing took his DPhil in English literature at Merton College, Oxford, and has held positions at Jesus College, Oxford, and Sciences Po in Paris.