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Speech and Phenomena

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About “Speech and Phenomena”

Speech and Phenomena is a book by Jacques Derrida that examines the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl. Published in 1967, it is part of a trilogy that includes Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference. In the book, Derrida analyzes Husserl's theory of language, focusing on the distinction in Logical Investigations and its connection to internal time consciousness. He also explores the concepts of deconstruction and différance. Derrida considered Speech and Phenomena his most valued essay and regarded it as one of his most significant philosophical works. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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1967

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