I have a movie/documentary on Derrida that has a bunch of interviews of him. I think it would be worth our time to sit down and watch it. I've only seen 15 mins or so of it, but the part I saw has a distinction between speaking and writing. Derrida seems to believe that writing precedes speaking, but his idea of writing within this context seems to be rather different from what we understand as writing. Either way, Derrida seems of the belief that writing contrary to speaking is something that can allow a deeper insight. This is in opposition to Scorates in the Phaedrus who places speech over writing. The contrast between Derrida and Scorates would thus be a rather interesting one, given the time difference and the understandings of symbols between them.
Posted by pranab at May 13, 2005 03:54 PM