The Ear of the Other: Otobiography Transference Translation

Originally published in French in 1982 this collection is a good representation of the range of Derridas working styles.-South Atlantic Review No writer has probed the riddle of the Other with more patience and insight than Jacques Derrida. . . . By rigorously interrogating the writings of major Western figures Derrida not only forces a rethinking of the nature of reading and writing but calls into question basic as-sumptions about ourselves and our world. . . . The Ear of the Other will be especially useful to people who have little or no prior acquaintance with Derridas work. . . . Through a careful reexamination of Nietzsches autobiography Ecce Homo Derrida elaborates some of the far-reaching implications of twentieth-century reinterpretations of human subjectivity.-Mark C. Taylor Los Angeles Times Book Review. Ably translated. . . . The long Roundtable on Autobiography . . . is authentic philosophical discussion illuminating not only the preceding lecture but Derridas work as well.-Choice.