Marian Hobson is Professor of French at the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. She is the author of The Object of Art (1982) and co-editor of Reappraisals of Rousseau (1980) and Rousseau et le dix-huitième siècle (1993).

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Histories and Transcendentals; Chapter 2 Replications; Chapter 3 Strange Attractors; Chapter 4 Negatives and Steps; Chapter 5 Contacts;

'Of great interest to anyone who wishes to engage at a serious level with Derrida's thought.' - Times Literary Supplement'A sophisticated analysis of the mode of Derrida's argumentation which explores what lies beneath the surface logic - or contestation of logic - in his texts.' - Christina Howells, FS, LIII.4, 1999'Provides... a series of sophisticated lines that re-open our critical conditioning.' - MLR

Marian Hobson is Professor of French at the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. She is the author of The Object of Art (1982) and co-editor of Reappraisals of Rousseau (1980) and Rousseau et le dix-huitième siècle (1993).

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Histories and Transcendentals; Chapter 2 Replications; Chapter 3 Strange Attractors; Chapter 4 Negatives and Steps; Chapter 5 Contacts;

'Of great interest to anyone who wishes to engage at a serious level with Derrida's thought.' - Times Literary Supplement'A sophisticated analysis of the mode of Derrida's argumentation which explores what lies beneath the surface logic - or contestation of logic - in his texts.' - Christina Howells, FS, LIII.4, 1999'Provides... a series of sophisticated lines that re-open our critical conditioning.' - MLR

Marian Hobson is Professor of French at the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College. She is the author of The Object of Art (1982) and co-editor of Reappraisals of Rousseau (1980) and Rousseau et le dix-huitième siècle (1993).

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Histories and Transcendentals; Chapter 2 Replications; Chapter 3 Strange Attractors; Chapter 4 Negatives and Steps; Chapter 5 Contacts;

'Of great interest to anyone who wishes to engage at a serious level with Derrida's thought.' - Times Literary Supplement'A sophisticated analysis of the mode of Derrida's argumentation which explores what lies beneath the surface logic - or contestation of logic - in his texts.' - Christina Howells, FS, LIII.4, 1999'Provides... a series of sophisticated lines that re-open our critical conditioning.' - MLR