This was a great book. The interview or conversation with Derrida is very short - disappointingly short. The commentary by Caputo is most of the book. Caputo is very entertaining, though. I thoroughly enjoyed his commentary. His enthusiasm for Derrida definitely shines through. He made me laugh a few times, always a good thing.

I'm new to Deconstruction and I probably still couldn't tell you what Deconstruction is in a nutshell, though I could say "yes, yes" if you asked me. I did learn quite a bit. I had no idea just how metaphysical theory could get. I had originally assumed Deconstructionism was merely literary theory but I was wrong on that - this book applies it to law, to politics, to religion.

I have liked what I have understood of Derrida. I realize how he could be unpopular, but I think, from what I understood of what he was saying, he is putting into words thoughts that I've had but couldn't articulate - or even understand - very well. I know a lot of people with very conservative viewpoints - this is the only way there is, this is it, we have arrived, no more to learn, threatened by outside influences - and I haven't agreed with that, so I was very interested in learning about being open to the other, come, yes, yes. ( )

Eurgh. Read for my Philosophy of Religion class, and while I don't mind the concept of deconstruction, it was hardly explained significantly and/or succinctly in this book. I understand that deconstruction is a hard philosophical concept to grasp, but expanding on several of its key points without initially laying the foundations of the assumptions of deconstruction made this a poor choice for introducing the concept to people. ( )