Schedule for Discussions - Writing and Difference

[Jim]

Here is the planned discussion schedule for Derrida's Writing and Difference. Essay titles and # of pages are based on the Routledge Classics edition, 2001, Translated by Alan Bass.



NOTE: The Derrida read is now on hold until further notice. There are threads open for the first three essays and all members are welcome to discuss. If you would like to see the Derrida read reconvene in the future, send a message to the moderator.



Discussion Leader for this read is Kane Faucher.

Dates shown are Start Dates for the discussions. As always, there are no end dates, however, we will begin a new essay every two weeks to keep us moving through the text.

1. Force and Signification - (35 pages) - 2/20/12

2. Cogito and the History of Madness – (41 pages) – 3/5/12

3. Edmond Jabès and the Question of the Book – (20 pages) – 3/19/12

4. Violence and Metaphysics: An Essay on the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas – (96 pages) – 4/2/12

5. ‘Genesis and Structure’ and Phenomenology – (19 pages) – 4/16/12

6. La parole soufflée – (34 pages) – 4/30/12

7. Freud and the Scene of Writing – (46 pages) – 5/14/12

8. The Theater of Cruelty and the Closure of Representation – (25 pages) – 5/28/12

9. From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism without Reserve – (34 pages) – 6/11/12

10. Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences – (20 pages) – 6/25/12

11. Ellipsis – (8 pages) – 7/9/12



IMPORTANT: These discussion threads will remain open indefinitely. If you find yourself behind in the reading or if you have joined the group after the dates listed above, go ahead and read at your own pace and discuss when you want. The moderator and other members will gladly join in!