peach__tree's review against another edition
5.0
Derrida the only good man in continental poststructural theory tbh.
gabbutm's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
this was the most circular and info-dumpy book i have read. what i understood was insightful and interesting, but it was immensely difficult to reach that point. but maybe that was derrida's intention all along...?
will_meringue's review against another edition
mad respect for anyone who can understand this. not me though
jimmy_eat_book's review against another edition
4.0
Profound, confusing, headache inducing and very deep. Prepare yourself for this one.
weepywillows's review
4.0
Derrida poses many good ideas about the archive. I had to read this for a class about archiving a "queer" past and it was, of course, seminal to the class discussion. However, as is expected for Derrida, it was such a challenge to get through, willing myself to sit down and process all of the information was incredibly difficult; at some points I was convinced I wasn't reading in English. The content becomes even more impressive when one think about the fact that this was a lecture.
Derrida was undoubtedly an amazing thinker of our time and I'm convinced that I absolutely must read more of his work, but maybe this time with a glass of wine.
Derrida was undoubtedly an amazing thinker of our time and I'm convinced that I absolutely must read more of his work, but maybe this time with a glass of wine.