Acknowledgments . . vii
Preface . . ix

1 The Ancient Quarrel: Philosophy and Literature . . 1
2 Derrida, Hermeneutics and Deconstruction . . 26
3 Deleuze: Against Interpretation . . 56
4 Levinas and the Resistance to Reading . . 81
5 Zizek's Idiotic Enjoyment . . 108
6 Cavell and the Claim of Reading . . 135
7 Conclusion: In Praise of Overreading . . 164

Notes . . 189
Bibliography . . 200
Index . . 215