Of Grammatology (week 1)

Join us for weekly discussions of Jacques Derrida's 1967 deconstruction of the speech/writing binary in western philosophy, Of Grammatology.

Required reading for this meeting: Part One: Exergue and 1. The End of the Book and the Beginning of Writing
(Up to page 28)

(I’m calling this “week 1” because last time we discussed the introduction and preface, retroactively making that one “week 0”. The previous “week 1” is the trace of an origin only possible in relation to its derivatives.)

Most of us are reading the 2016 edition of the book. We plan to meet weekly and work our way through the whole book about 30–40 pages at a time.

We'll be meeting at Art Cafe + Bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

This event is free but we're all still socially obligated to purchase something, and Art Cafe is a cool place that we should support! They have a bar and they serve coffee and tea among other non-alcoholic drinks, as well as food.